[SOLVED] Finding File Strings

Originally Posted by TBotNik All, I'm not very good at using cmd line to find strings in a file, normally using kfind, but not installable on the current box, so needing the right locate or find cmd to find files in a framework containing db queries so need to find the strings: ->query or ->qry using either the locate or find cmdline dmds. Assuming search filtering should be using REGEX! Searsh will be system wide using '*.php' and the subdirectory '/EM/'. Cheers! TBNK

A couple of methods:

$ find /EM -type f -iname '*.php -exec grep -l -E 'query|qry' {} \;

or

$ echo >> grep.strings
query
qry
^D
$ find /EM -type f -iname '*.php' -exec grep -l -f grep.strings {} \;

should do the trick.

If you have multiple "EM" subdirectores or it's not right under "/", search for those and pass the full path to each one to another find::

$ find / -type d -name EM | while read DIR
> do
>    find $DIR -type f -iname '*.php' -exec grep -l -E 'query|qry' {} \;
> done   
$

If you don't care about case, you can add the '-i' switch to the 'grep -l -E' commands.

HTH...

All,

I need this as I have to record the usage, do edits and use git to merge duplicate files!

Cheers!

TBNK

I realize this is an older thread, but the OP hasn't marked it as solved so I'll provide another solution as an alternative to rnturn's.

Searsh[sic] will be system wide using '*.php' and the subdirectory '/EM/'.

This statement is confusing, by the way.

Solution #1:

# cd into the EV directory
cd EV

# use a combination of grep's recursive option and its "include file" filter.
# include '>' in the search pattern to ensure only methods are matched.
grep -R --include '*.php' -E '>(query|qry)'

Solution #2:

grep -R --include '*.php' -E '>(query|qry)' EV/

Originally Posted by individual I realize this is an older thread, but the OP hasn't marked it as solved so I'll provide another solution as an alternative to rnturn's. This statement is confusing, by the way. Solution #1: # cd into the EV directory cd EV # use a combination of grep's recursive option and its "include file" filter. # include '>' in the search pattern to ensure only methods are matched. grep -R --include '*.php' -E '>(query|qry)' Solution #2: grep -R --include '*.php' -E '>(query|qry)' EV/

individual,

Getting the info correct I'm working with:

cd /path/EM
grep -R --include '*.php' -E '>(dbFetch|dbArray)' > /home/files/emdbqry_dump.txt
or
grep -R --include '*/EM/*.php' -E '>(dbFetch|dbArray)' > /home/files/emdbqry_dump.txt

but both cmds instantly produce an empty file.

Thanks! But still trying to perfect this cmd.

Cheers!

TBNK

All,

cmd:

grep -R --include '*.php' -E '(dbFetch|dbArray)' > /home/files/emdbqry_dump.txt

Worked! Yeah! Knew I was close!

Got these results:

em_dio/em_dio.php:      /*                              Added methods dbExec, dbFetch, dbNRows, dbRes to allow for$
em_dio/em_dio.php:      /*                              Added methods db_Set_Vars, dbAdd, dbArray.  Added "Mode" t$
em_dio/em_dio.php:      function dbArray ( $sql, $mode=NULL, $connect=NULL ) {
em_dio/em_dio.php:               function dbFetch($db_res,$db_row) {
em_dio/em_dio.php:                  /*  Function: dbFetch()                                                */
em_dio/em_dio.php:               }           // end function dbFetch
em_stdio/em_stdio.php:  /* Added functions dbExec, dbFetch, dbNRows, dbRes to allow for query actions  */
em_stdio/em_io.php:     /* Added functions dbExec, dbFetch, dbNRows, dbRes to allow for query actions  */

As you can see it not only found the 2 methods/functions but also comments with the string being looked for.

Now back to my main function problem and finishing my script!

TBotNik: was this work that you were being paid to do?

Originally Posted by dugan TBotNik: was this work that you were being paid to do?

dugan,

No my own things as Enterprise Modules is something I developed that is platform, language, etc. independent and developed it clear back in 94.

It just works out that it is also a perfect PHP framework, especially since PHP csn be compiled.

Cheers!

TBNK