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How to find a file with a string in it?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 2:55 am
by harsini
Hi everybody.
How can I find a file with a specific string in it?I searched web but non of the command work in OpenWRT world e.g.:
find . -iname '*php' | xargs grep 'string' -sl
or grep -R.
Re: How to find a file with a string in it?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 5:09 am
by ispyisail
Re: How to find a file with a string in it?
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 9:50 am
by harsini
I think I should search within a path not on whole device.Because I tried to use grep and other similar commands to search a file with a string in whole device and that was unsuccessful .
Thanks
Re: How to find a file with a string in it?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:14 am
by oliver
harsini wrote:Hi everybody.
How can I find a file with a specific string in it?I searched web but non of the command work in OpenWRT world e.g.:
find . -iname '*php' | xargs grep 'string' -sl
or grep -R.
Code: Select all
find . -type f -iname '*php' -exec grep -li 'string' {} \;