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Old 10-30-2003, 08:58 AM   #1
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finding something

i am trying to find a specific word in a file is there any command that would do this for me
 
Old 10-30-2003, 09:05 AM   #2
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if it's a plain text file you can grep it at the command line
that would be something like
cat 'filename.ext' | grep 'yourword'
without the quotes
 
  


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