If you have grep v2.4+ you can do the following:
grep -r "SPECIFIC TEXT" /*
The xargs method breaks if you have too many filenames or a few long
filenames.
-Gabi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J A Shamsi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 3:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] help
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>
> Hello
> I would like to search for a "specific text"
> on my machine.
> I would like to know all the FILENAMES and PATHS
> which contains a SPECIFIC TEXT.
>
> I know i have to playwith FIND or GREP
> but if any one of you have any idea please let me
> know
>
> thanks
> j/s
>
>
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