Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 18:26:34 -0400 (EDT) From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and searching for specific expression in files Message-ID: <20090530222634.61E46BECA@kev.msw.wpafb.af.mil> In-Reply-To: <dd6b168d2af9ddbcfc52e5c0397e4d6a.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> (z.szalbot@lcwords.com)
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>> On Sat, 30 May 2009 11:25:12 +0200, >> "Zbigniew Szalbot" <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> said: Z> Can you please give me a hint how to use find to search for a specific Z> text within files? People have mentioned using xargs in combination with find, but if you're dealing with Windows files on a server, be prepared for every kind of crap character in the filename you can imagine. Use nulls to delimit the filenames, i.e.: find . -mtime +7 -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i foo The GNU versions of find and xargs support the "0" options as well. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company iPod changed my life. Earbuds made me look so cool! Now I am stone deaf. --geek haiku
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