-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of chalonec Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:08 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Newby Question FC4 I have installed FC4 and am looking for a command line way to search all files in all directories and sub-directories on a disk for files that contain a certain text string such as the word gateway or mode or any word. ----- What you're wanting can be granted by a *combination* of grep and find. (Ah! The beauty of Unix...) If I want to search all the files on the system for the string "foo", I could do the following: find / -type f -exec grep -l foo {} \; Note that this might take a while, and it would be better to start with a subset already selected. i.e. If you're looking for config files specifically, do find /etc instead of find /. -- Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation RO-OC-1-13 200 First Street SW 507-284-0844 Rochester, MN 55905 ----- "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different."
