Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 22:18:20 -0400 From: Roy Hubbard <roy@ghettodexter.com> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ipv6canada.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Find a file with an unknown name Message-ID: <4BF1F8EC.5070900@ghettodexter.com> In-Reply-To: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com> References: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com>
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Steve Bertrand wrote: > I want to find a file that was recently created. > > The content within the file is known, so I can grep for that. The > directory structure that contains the file is also known. The filename > is not known. > > What command string do I use to search a directory structure for a file, > when my search pattern only matches content and not filename? > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Maybe this will work. From the top of the directory structure: grep -R {expression} .
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