> chalonec wrote: >> 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. There are so many config files on Linux that if I had this >> capability I could find out which one had the information I needed so I >> could then begin to identify where I might want to look to fix or >> troubleshoot something other than the log files. If this were Windows, >> I would just use the text search string gui by right-clicking start. >> >> I have tried find, grep, locate, egrep, man, and the Internet and have >> had varying levels of success but none seem to be consistent. There are >> a dizzying number of options, >> >> I am pretty sure grep or find should work but I can't figure out how. >> >> Can someone help ? > > A case-insensitive search for the word 'gateway' in directory /etc and > all subdirectories: > > $ grep -i -r 'gateway' /etc > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > But the OP is looking for a specific string in a file in the directory structure. I believe what is wanted is: find . -exec grep -i -l gateway {} \; This will search from where you are in the directory structure (.) in a case insensitive manner (-i) and return the file name only (-l). The {} are correct, as is the \; (backslash semicolon). Include them as is and modify the string "gateway" as needed. ~~R
