Parse a particular string in files in particular directory and its sub-directories
 

Hi

I want linux command to parse a particular string or pattern in files that are in my home directory and its sub-directory.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards
Rajiv

I would use the "find" command---example:

from your home directory:
This will find all files and directories where the name contains "string"

"man find" for details

When you say in files, do you mean in the name of the file or the contents of the text based file?

To elaborate:

• The find command does a recursive search for file names.
• The locate command does a similar thing, faster, because it uses a pre-built index file.
• The grep command searches for file content, and the "-r" option makes it do so recursively.