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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Need unix command file HELP!
Message-ID: <106000014@uiucuxc>
Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 00:48:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 00:48:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU!hamilton    Feb  3 23:48:00 1986


our mailer couldn't find "sutton@aero".

>We are looking for a utility that can, when given a arbitrary string,
>can locate all occurences of that string anywhere on the system. Our
>local Un*x gurus can't figure this out, so we are appealing to those out
>in Netland to help us out.

try something like:

    find / -type f -a -exec fgrep -s this-is-the-string \{\} \; -a -print 

if possible, add extra terms to limit the search.  for example, if you
want to search only for C source files, add:
	-name \*.c -a
before the "-exec".

you could certainly write something more efficient, but do you really
need it that often?

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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