Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 10:01:43 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> To: Jerry Preeper <preeper@cts.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with find command Message-ID: <38D27307.880CB12C@3-cities.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20000317034932.0087b9c0@cts.com>
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Jerry Preeper wrote:
>
> I have been using the find command to search for files periodically that
> contain certain phrases throughout the web directory like this
> find . -exec grep -l "getimage.cgi" {} \; 2> /www/jerry/wrong-banners.txt
For starters I would add -name "*.htm*" after the dot(.) and then
change the -l to -L. Add what ever string you are looking for after
the "-L". From man grep, the -L identifes files that do not contain
the string.
Kent
> which has been really useful. I just run it from the top of my htdocs
> directory and it goes through all the subdirectories. Basically it finds
> any pages that my ad banner code is messed up on. Now I'd like to be able
> to find any file on my web directory that _doesn't_ have a certain phrase
> in it. All of my web pages should have ad banner code that runs from a
> script called getad.cgi Maybe find isn't the right command for this
> task, but I want to find any page that has a .htm* extension that does not
> contain the phrase getad.cgi in htdocs or any subdirectory under it.
> Anyone have any pointers to help me get started...
>
> Jerry
>
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