what tool can search for documents containing certain text?
 

i just want to know how to search my hard disk for which file contains text string X, like kfind or gnome's file search, but I don't want to install either. I use enlightenment, waimea, kahakai, and fluxbox. Any tools out there that will do a good job? I'd like one with a gui and one that's also commandline. thanks.

the grep command should work. i have used it for find text within a single document but there should be an option to search multiple files. i guess you could use a wildcard for the filename. try man grep for more information.

grep, fgrep and egrep are designed exactly for this purpose. You can search entire directories, or just pass the names of all the files you'd like to search. Like buffed317 suggested, do 'man grep' or 'grep --help' for more information.

Regards,

zakaluka.

yep, grep's fine, but is there something available in a gui, too?