[gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Joseph]

I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text string in them "Check/Money Order"

I've tried:
find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
it doesn't work.

What is a better method of searching files?
-- 
Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Alexander Kapshuk]

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On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>
> I've tried:
> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
> it doesn't work.
>
> What is a better method of searching files?
> --
> Joseph
>
>
grep -ls 'Check/Money Order' `du -a | sed '/\.php$/!d;s/.*\t//'` # grep
will complain that the args list is too long if the number of files found
is too great.

Otherwise, this might work for you:

find dir -type f -name \*.php | xargs grep -sl 'Check/Money Order'

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Philip Webb]

150606 Joseph wrote:
> I've bunch of php files in many directories
> and I need to find a text string in them "Check/Money Order"

'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all,
then 'grep -r "Check/Money Order" *.php'.

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Joseph]

On 06/06/15 20:09, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>   On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a
>     text string in them "Check/Money Order"
>     I've tried:
>     find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>     it doesn't work.
>     What is a better method of searching files?
>     --
>     Joseph
>
>   grep -ls 'Check/Money Order' `du -a | sed '/\.php$/!d;s/.*\t//'` # grep
>   will complain that the args list is too long if the number of files
>   found is too great.
>   Otherwise, this might work for you:
>   find dir -type f -name \*.php | xargs grep -sl 'Check/Money Order'

Thanks, this worked for me, it searches in current and below dir.

find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'

-- 
Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Alexander Kapshuk]

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On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/06/15 20:09, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>
>    On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>     I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a
>>     text string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>     I've tried:
>>     find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>>     it doesn't work.
>>     What is a better method of searching files?
>>     --
>>     Joseph
>>
>>   grep -ls 'Check/Money Order' `du -a | sed '/\.php$/!d;s/.*\t//'` # grep
>>   will complain that the args list is too long if the number of files
>>   found is too great.
>>   Otherwise, this might work for you:
>>   find dir -type f -name \*.php | xargs grep -sl 'Check/Money Order'
>>
>
> Thanks, this worked for me, it searches in current and below dir.
>
>
>
Good to hear.

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Alan McKinnon]

On 06/06/2015 18:45, Joseph wrote:
> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
> string in them "Check/Money Order"
> 
> I've tried:
> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
> it doesn't work.
> 
> What is a better method of searching files?


Define "doesn't work" in this context.

My guess is that the string you want isn't actually there.
If it is there, provide a sample of the source text containing the string.

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Alan McKinnon
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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 13:11:04 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:

> > I've bunch of php files in many directories
> > and I need to find a text string in them "Check/Money Order"  
> 
> 'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all,
> then 'grep -r "Check/Money Order" *.php'.

That will only search *.php files in the current directory, you need

grep -r --include='*.php' 'Check/Money Order' .

or drop the --include option to search all files. Use single quotes to
stop the shell from trying to interpret anything.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Why do they call it a TV set when you only get one?

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Joseph]

On 06/06/15 23:04, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 06/06/2015 18:45, Joseph wrote:
>> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
>> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>
>> I've tried:
>> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>> it doesn't work.
>>
>> What is a better method of searching files?
>
>
>Define "doesn't work" in this context.
>
>My guess is that the string you want isn't actually there.
>If it is there, provide a sample of the source text containing the string.
>
>-- 
>Alan McKinnon
>alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Apology, yes it did worked.
I was just in a wrong sub-directory.

-- 
Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[tlze]

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try:
find . -type f -exec grep 'abcd'  -l {} \;

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 07.06.2015 um 01:40 schrieb Neil Bothwick:
> On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 13:11:04 -0400, Philip Webb wrote:
>
>>> I've bunch of php files in many directories
>>> and I need to find a text string in them "Check/Money Order"  
>> 'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all,
>> then 'grep -r "Check/Money Order" *.php'.
> That will only search *.php files in the current directory, you need

nope

>
> grep -r --include='*.php' 'Check/Money Order' .

not true either.

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph:
> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>
> I've tried:
> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
> it doesn't work.
>
> What is a better method of searching files?

grep -R 'whateveryourarelookingfor /path/to/directory/tree/

seriously, why make everything fucking harder with find, when grep alone
can do it for you?

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 07 Jun 2015 14:59:51 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> >> 'cd' to the lowest dir which contains them all,
> >> then 'grep -r "Check/Money Order" *.php'.  
> > That will only search *.php files in the current directory, you need  
> 
> nope

The shell expands the *.php to a list of matching files in the current
directory. You need a . to mtch the current directory.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

He who asks a question is a fool for a minute,
He who doesn't ask is a fool for a lifetime.

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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Alan McKinnon]

On 07/06/2015 15:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph:
>> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
>> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>
>> I've tried:
>> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>> it doesn't work.
>>
>> What is a better method of searching files?
> 
> grep -R 'whateveryourarelookingfor /path/to/directory/tree/
> 
> seriously, why make everything fucking harder with find, when grep alone
> can do it for you?
> 


because the youngsters of today think they know everything and lack the
skills to see they know very little

Actually, it's not surprising because strange as it may seem, the skill
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Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Raffaele BELARDI]

Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph:
>> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
>> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>
>> I've tried:
>> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>> it doesn't work.
>>
>> What is a better method of searching files?
>
> grep -R 'whateveryourarelookingfor /path/to/directory/tree/
>
> seriously, why make everything fucking harder with find, when grep alone
> can do it for you?
>

I'm not the OP but I was not able to make 'grep -R' work properly with 
file or directory names containing spaces. I fiddled with IFS but in the 
end I found 'find -print0' was more convenient. Are there better methods 
with grep and shell alone?

raffaele

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Alan McKinnon]

On 08/06/2015 08:05, Raffaele BELARDI wrote:
> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>> Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph:
>>> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
>>> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>>
>>> I've tried:
>>> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>>> it doesn't work.
>>>
>>> What is a better method of searching files?
>>
>> grep -R 'whateveryourarelookingfor /path/to/directory/tree/
>>
>> seriously, why make everything fucking harder with find, when grep alone
>> can do it for you?
>>
> 
> I'm not the OP but I was not able to make 'grep -R' work properly with 
> file or directory names containing spaces. I fiddled with IFS but in the 
> end I found 'find -print0' was more convenient. Are there better methods 
> with grep and shell alone?
> 
> raffaele
> 

grep deals with spaces in directory and file names just fine.

If you want to specify directory or file names on the command line that
contain spaces, you must quote them. Standard shell technique.

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com

Re: [gentoo-user] search files for "text string"

[Andrew Lowe]

On 06/07/2015 09:00 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> Am 06.06.2015 um 18:45 schrieb Joseph:
>> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a text
>> string in them "Check/Money Order"
>>
>> I've tried:
>> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order'
>> it doesn't work.
>>
>> What is a better method of searching files?
> 
> grep -R 'whateveryourarelookingfor /path/to/directory/tree/
> 
> seriously, why make everything fucking harder with find, when grep alone
> can do it for you?
> 
> 
	Take a breath, there is no need for swearing. It belittles your
argument. It also paints you as an uneducated buffoon - which I'm
assuming you aren't.

	Regards,
		Andrew