The others have mentioned using "grep" or "find" and "grep". I'd suggest using "fgrep" instead if you are not doing a "regular expression" search. It is just a bit faster. Perhaps not significantly, but I'm too used to cycles being expensive and shared to not use the slightly more efficient when it is not really difficult.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chet Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 9:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: HOWTO : Search > > > Can I search for an occurrance of a string within files, within a > directory? I'm looking for a reference to "/home" in a config file or > script somewhere. > > ===== > Chet Norris > Marriott International,Inc.
