search for my string

alaios · 05-07-2004, 01:58 PM

Hi i want to find the command with which i can search for string inside the files...
I was thinkging this
find ./ -name '*mplampla*' | grep mystring

lyle_s · 05-07-2004, 02:34 PM

You can try:

find -exec grep --with-filename 'mystring' {} \;

Lyle

dominant · 05-08-2004, 08:24 AM

Why dont try :

egrep mystring ./

alaios · 05-08-2004, 10:48 AM

find -exec grep --with-filename 'mystring' {} ;
find: missing argument to `-exec'

The second way with egrep doesn't seems to work

dominant · 05-08-2004, 11:57 AM

Re-try

egrep -R mystring ./

lyle_s · 05-08-2004, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by alaios
find -exec grep --with-filename 'mystring' {} ;
find: missing argument to `-exec'

Don't forget to put the escape character, that is "\", before the ";".

Like this:

find -name '*mplampla*' -exec grep --with-filename 'mystring' {} \;

dominant is right; if you want to grep through all the files, egrep -R is the way to go. If you only want to search through some of the files, I think find is a good way to go.

Lyle

alaios · 05-08-2004, 01:32 PM

thx guys