Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Joseph]

On 06/06/15 20:09, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>   On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon780@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>     I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a
>     text string in them "Check/Money Order"
>     I've tried:
>     find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>     it doesn't work.
>     What is a better method of searching files?
>     --
>     Joseph
>
>   grep -ls 'Check/Money Order' `du -a | sed '/\.php$/!d;s/.*\t//'` # grep
>   will complain that the args list is too long if the number of files
>   found is too great.
>   Otherwise, this might work for you:
>   find dir -type f -name \*.php | xargs grep -sl 'Check/Money Order'

Thanks, this worked for me, it searches in current and below dir.

find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'

-- 
Joseph