Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 07:36:12 -0700 From: "Chip McClure" <vhm3@hades.dnsalias.net> To: "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: can find search for text inside files? Message-ID: <BBECIJOPOCKPJNAJBGAMGEBICAAA.vhm3@hades.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: <NFBBKAEAALGGGFKINBLAIEPOCBAA.peter@sysadmin-inc.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'd do a grep instead of a find. grep "your string of text" * - ---- Chip McClure Sr. Unix Administrator GigGuardian, Inc http://www.gigguardian.com/ - ---- - -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Peter Brezny Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 7:29 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: can find search for text inside files? I need to search a number of e-mail files for specific text. Can find look at each text file in a directory, and search them for a specific string of text? and if so, could someone provide a sample command line for find? I've read through the man page, but... TIA Peter Brezny SysAdmin Services Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.8 iQA/AwUBO2Vwo4xq/3tb9j7EEQINewCfcAjZiJCb+hjt7k3E66XiBb6+zzUAoLxa qZXEzl1MgKhbd3OwYuI1R3N9 =k+IV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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