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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:18:04 +0100
From:      rene@xs4all.nl
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   how to search IN a bunch of files?
Message-ID:  <20020220121803.E5644@xs4all.nl>

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Hello. I'd like to be able to search in all files on my freebsd system for a
given regexp. Yes, I want to search the contents of the files specified. 

I can get find(1) to supply me with a list of valid paths, but am unsure
how to grep within all these files. an example would be appreciated.

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