Hi Jamez if i'm not mistaken the find command searches for files only and doesn't make a torough search within the file itself!?
am i mistaken or? if so can you give me an example on how i can use the find command to search for words within a file? Thanks Nick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Attard Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 12:35 PM To: Malta Linux User Group - general list Subject: Re: [LINUX.ORG.MT] Search Script Why don't you use 'find' ? Jamez. -- http://root-box.info Registered Linux user #324517 > Hi All > > I would like to ask you if you can help me with this: > > I need a search script that given certain parameters such as: > > 1) extension type (multiple) > and > 2) search text > > i will go through a certain folder and search within the documents > (extension types chosen) for the given search text/(s). The text, such as > 'Reports Live', should be searched for both the word 'Reports' and the > word > 'Live' seperatly but also together. The result should be a log file with > the > names of the documents found! > > Is this possible? What i did is the following: > > rm search.log > touch search.log > > for i in $1*$2 > do > if cat $i | grep -a $3 ; then > echo $i >> search.log > fi > done > > Where $1 = the folder searching in > $2 = One extension only! > $3 = Search text with no OR > > > This works but its not exactly what i want! Are there any Search tools > available or? > > Tahnks > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
