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From: abrown@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Allen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Program Wanted
Message-ID: <5660078@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Oct 90 21:05:05 GMT
References: <5116@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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> Does anyone know of a program that will search a directory of files
> and report back to you the filename of all files that contain a
> specified string?
>             John P. Ferguson  ---*(_)MicroMiga Company & BBS

grep

The best version is the one from the GNU project.  But several
versions have been ported and are available on the Fish disks.

Or if your wallet is feeling heavy, you can probably find a commercial
port somewhere.  :->

BTW, grep originated from Unix.
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