searching for a string of charcters in some files

hhegab · 04-16-2005, 04:30 PM

Hi,
I would like to know if it is possible for me to search for a string of characters (a word) in a folder which contains some files?
That is, I am looking for a file which contains the word "linux" say, is it possible to search all files in a folder which may have that word?

Thanks a lot,

hhegab

itsme86 · 04-16-2005, 04:43 PM

grep linux <insert directory>/*

hhegab · 04-16-2005, 05:07 PM

Thanks a lot, that was quick!
again, thank you very much

hhegab