help required to find multiple strings in multiple files

[knightbannu]

Hi,

i have 3 files:- file1,file2,file3
file1 contains the data:- one
file2 contains the data:- two
file3 contains the data:- one two

can anyone help me how to find the file having the data 'one two' only using unix command

[theMickey]

for FILE in $(ls file*) ; do [ $(grep -c "one two" $FILE) -ne 0 ] && echo $FILE ; done

[knightbannu]

@theMickey

can u provide a generic command or script for my question?? for ex i have many files in a directory and i need to find the files having the strings given by the user, which may or may not be in the same line within a files

[theMickey]

Hm. Let's see, should be something like this:

#!/bin/sh

# Search Strings
S1="one"
S2="two"

# Directory where to search files
DIR=.

# Search subdirectories?
SUBDIR=false

# Do the real stuff
$SUBDIR && MAXDEPTH="" || MAXDEPTH="-maxdepth 1"

for FILE in $(find $DIR $MAXDEPTH -type f -print) ; do
  [ $(grep -c $S1 $FILE) -ne 0 -a $(grep -c $S2 $FILE) -ne 0 ] && echo $FILE
done

Hope that helps.

[knightbannu]

@theMickey

Thanks a ton..that was really helpful

[theMickey]

You're welcome.