find (containing text)

[astin]

Hello
Please can someone let me know which is the correct find argument to find a file containing specific text (in the body - not the filename)
For example if I have a list of routers in text format, and I wish to search my unix box for all files containing the string 'router' , how could this be done.
I dont have the man pages installed on my box - and will not be able to install the disk for another 2 weeks,.
Any help appreciated.
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[KenCunningham]

Someone probably has a more elegant solution, but:

find . -name '*' -exec grep -l '<text to be found>' {} \;

seems to do what you want. Run it from the top level directory you wish to search down from.

Incidentally, there are plenty of online man pages - try

http://www.docs.sun.com.

Cheers.

 

[drucej31]

In files directory or in the root of your search tree do a

find . -name &quot;*&quot; -exec grep -l SEARCHTEXT {} \; >filelist

That should do the trick..

Good luck.