> rengland@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>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. > > Or just use: > > $ grep -i -r -l 'gateway' /etc > > Paul. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Oops. Mild case of "answer fixation" I missed the -r. Sorry about that. ~~R
