Comments on: Linux: How to find all the files containing a particular text string? http://www.kavoir.com/2009/08/linux-how-to-find-all-the-files-containing-a-particular-text-string.html Just another dumbass webmaster, goofing around... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pradeep http://www.kavoir.com/2009/08/linux-how-to-find-all-the-files-containing-a-particular-text-string.html/comment-page-1#comment-10687 Pradeep Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:17:13 +0000 http://www.kavoir.com/2009/08/linux-how-to-find-all-the-files-containing-a-particular-text-string.html#comment-10687 Any harm if I use xargs? find somedir -name “*.php” | xargs grep -l “needle” Any harm if I use xargs?

find somedir -name “*.php” | xargs grep -l “needle”

]]> By: Yang Yang http://www.kavoir.com/2009/08/linux-how-to-find-all-the-files-containing-a-particular-text-string.html/comment-page-1#comment-6050 Yang Yang Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:11:13 +0000 http://www.kavoir.com/2009/08/linux-how-to-find-all-the-files-containing-a-particular-text-string.html#comment-6050 BTW, if it spits out this error: <blockquote>find: paths must precede expression</blockquote> Embrace necessary parameters in double quotes "". E.g., <blockquote>find somedir -name "*.php" -exec grep -l "needle" {} \;</blockquote> BTW, if it spits out this error:

find: paths must precede expression

Embrace necessary parameters in double quotes “”. E.g.,

find somedir -name “*.php” -exec grep -l “needle” {} \;

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