Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 12:13:28 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lcwords.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and searching for specific expression in files Message-ID: <20090530101328.GA59991@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <dd6b168d2af9ddbcfc52e5c0397e4d6a.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> References: <dd6b168d2af9ddbcfc52e5c0397e4d6a.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com>
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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:25:12AM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > Can you please give me a hint how to use find to search for a specific > text within files? Generally, you don't - find(1) does not examine the contents of files by itself, just their directory information. You normally use grep(1) to search within a file. > > I am using find in the following manner: > > find /path/to/files/ -mtime -2 -ls |less > to find files which have been recently modified. But I would like to > extend the search to find specific expression within files. -name is used > to specify file name. How can I search for strings within text? > > It is probably in the man but I somehow overlook it. :( > > Thank you very much in advance! I guess you could use the '-exec' expression in find(1) to execute grep(1) to search for a string in the files examined. Or you could use the output of find(1) as a list of files that are given as arguments to grep(1). -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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