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From: earle@smeagol.UUCP (Greg Earle)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.unix-wizards,net.wanted
Subject: Re: Need unix command file HELP!
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Date: Sat, 1-Feb-86 03:04:18 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  1 03:04:18 1986
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Organization: Spacecraft Data Systems, JPL, Pasadena, CA
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> 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.

Some Gurus you got there ...

> We are looking for the command to work like this:
> 
> findstring this-is-the-string

find / -exec fgrep this-is-the-string '{}' \; (UGGGHHH!)

Warning! Only execute during hours when no one else is in building!!
Guaranteed to tie up CPU for indefinite periods! :@)

If you only want the file names, this *might* work, I'm not sure ...

find / -exec "fgrep this-is-the-string '{}' | awk -F: '{print $1}'" \;
(DOUBLE UGGGHHH)
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	Greg Earle
	JPL Spacecraft Data Systems group
	sdcrdcf!smeagol!earle (UUCP)
	ia-sun2!smeagol!earle@csvax.caltech.edu (ARPA)