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Date:      Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:21:34 -0400
From:      Doug Poland <doug@polands.org>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can find search for text inside files?
Message-ID:  <20010730112134.A40808@polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010730175640.G88739@everest.wananchi.com>; from wash@wananchi.com on Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:56:40PM %2B0300
References:  <NFBBKAEAALGGGFKINBLAIEPOCBAA.peter@sysadmin-inc.com> <20010730103826.A39974@polands.org> <20010730175640.G88739@everest.wananchi.com>

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:56:40PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> * Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> [20010730 17:38]: writing on the subject 
> 'Re: can find search for text inside files?'
>
> Doug> On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:29:29AM -0400, Peter Brezny wrote:
> Doug> > I need to search a number of e-mail files for specific text.
> Doug> > 
> Doug> grep "specific text" *
> 
> I thought he meant 'find' in Winblows because his mailer is Micro$uck
> Outlock ;-)
> 
I hope he's not asking how to use M$ find on a BSD list!


> Well he could be passing the e-mails to a BSD box also, so grep can work,
> even ;)
> 
The only rational solution, of course ;)


-- 
Regards,
Doug

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