| grepping a database [message #97498] |
Fri, 28 June 2002 02:30  |
chriswhittaker
Messages: 2
Registered: May 2002
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I am trying to locate all files that contain a certain string. I am sure i should be using grep, but how do i arrange it to look through all files within a directory for this string.
i.e. i am trying to serach for locate all files with the word cookiemonster in them so that i can remove this string from the files
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| Re: grepping a database [message #97500 is a reply to message #97498] |
Fri, 28 June 2002 06:07  |
dennis
Messages: 31
Registered: June 1998
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Try this...to find all text filenames that have the string "cookiemonster" in it, working recursively from the directory called 'mydir':
find mydir -type f -exec grep -il cookiemonster {} ;
Dennis
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| Re: grepping a database [message #97502 is a reply to message #97498] |
Fri, 28 June 2002 12:58 |
andrew again
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Registered: March 2000
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If you have binary files, you could try prepping them for grep by using "strings". Not sure of the total command including find though...
strings my_bin_file | grep blah
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