-----Original Message----- From: "chrisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <chrisl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 12:19:10AM -0600 To For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Search an entire drive for character string > You can try: > > grep 'string' /* -R > > > > fergus wrote: > > >Is there a way (dunno, maybe using dd and grep?) that an entire drive, > >and not just the files on it, can be scanned for a character string? > >Fergus > > > > > > > How about baobab from extras -- vikram... |||||||| |||||||| ^^'''''^^||root||^^^'''''''^^ // \\ )) //(( \\// \\ // /\\ || \\ || / )) (( \\ -- <liw> damn, the autonomous mouse movement starts usually after I use a mouse button <wichert> don't use a mouse button then :) <liw> yeah, right :) -- . * ~|~ = Registered Linux User #285795