On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Fred James wrote: > > > Which is faster for this purpose (if you know), find or grep? > > Find locates files by name or part of the name. Grep searches for > strings > within files. Horses for courses (i.e., different tools for different > purposes.) > > Rich > > You are very correct, find by itself will not look inside of a file. The two each have their own advantages, and additionally, can be combined for extra power and precision. -wes _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
