From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 18 21:02:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A919910656E0 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:02:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EF4E8FC1A for ; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A90FF7427; Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:02:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:02:06 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Gary Kline Message-Id: <20100618170206.72bc1055.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20100618205629.GA6931@thought.org> References: <20100618205629.GA6931@thought.org> Organization: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.18.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: utility to all ALL strings? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:02:08 -0000 In response to Gary Kline : > > this goes back >> a few years, but is there, somewhere in ports, a > utility that goes thru the entire system and collects either all > file names or all strings---i do not think this operated on > binaries [:-)]--- and hashed and compressed everything? > > i remember thinking about it, but because back then my fastest > computer was 500MHz , i thought better =not= to do it. now that > i spend so much time hunting for stuuff, i think i could cron > this utility. --If it wasn't a figment of my imagination! man locate Unless you've tweaked your periodic, this is already running on your system every night. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/