[clue-tech] recursive grep

[Clayton Fast]

find . -exec grep -l text-i-want-find {} \;
 
 
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[mailto:clue-tech-bounces at cluedenver.org] On Behalf Of David L. Willson
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 2:19 PM
To: clue-tech
Subject: [clue-tech] recursive grep


Does anyone have a good idea for "find absolutely every file in haystack/,
that mentions needle"?

"grep -R needle /etc/*" and "grep -R needle /var/*"seem to run forever.

I think it's a "find /etc -xtype f -exec grep ... something, but I can't
think of the right something.

David L. Willson
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