"Alexander A. Basa" wrote:
>
> I need to find some files with the word "PATH" in it
> using grep and find combined together.
> please help
>
<snip>
to find PATH in all files in the current directory (and subdirs), type
$ find . -type f -print | xargs grep PATH
(The period stands for 'curreent directory' and '-type f' limits find's
output to regular files (ie. no directories).
man grep, man find for more.
Marc
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