[SOLVED] command to find a specific word in directories and subdirectories?

siranjeevi · 06-07-2010, 04:25 AM

Hi,
Can anyone please tell me the command used to find a specific word in directories and sub-directories in linux?

I searched in net as well as in this forum but i couldn't find.

Thanks in advance.

sica07 · 06-07-2010, 04:35 AM

Do you mean a specific word in the directory name or a specific word in the content of the directory (files). For the first case use:

Code:

find /directory -name foo

For the second case, try:

Code:

grep -R "foo" /directory

siranjeevi · 06-09-2010, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sica07

Do you mean a specific word in the directory name or a specific word in the content of the directory (files). For the first case use:

Code:

find /directory -name foo

For the second case, try:

Code:

grep -R "foo" /directory

Thanks for your response i asked about specific word in the contents of the file thanks alot,

grail · 06-09-2010, 08:35 AM

Please mark as SOLVED once you have a solution.

catkin · 06-09-2010, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by siranjeevi

Thanks for your response i asked about specific word in the contents of the file thanks alot,

That's going to depend on the format of the files; for plain text, find can run grep on each file but for .pdf, .odt ...