find a string in all files ending .xml and print file name 1

[mendof]

Hi all,

I am struggling to get specific string in some files.
I am using


find . -iname "*.xml " -print -exec cat {} \; | grep -i "*string*"


and I can find string, but filenames I cannot see...
Any comment is welcome and thanks in advance

Regards,
mendof

 

[feherke]

Hi

If you not need to search recursively, then :

grep -i "*string*" *.xml

If you have to search in sub-directories too :

grep -ri "*string*" . | grep .xml:

But if you want to keep your [tt]find[/tt] & [tt]grep[/tt] combination "

find . -iname "*.xml" -exec grep -Hi "*string*" '{}' \;

Tested with GNU [tt]grep[/tt].

Feherke.

http://free.rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[mendof]

Hi,

thank you. Last option is one I wanted to use, as I want to search in many directories for .xml files and specific string in them.

Last option works, thanks a lot

Regards,
mendof

 

[PHV]

A more legacy way:

find . -name '*.xml' | xargs grep -i '*string*'

Hope This Helps, PH.
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