Subj : Re: grep question
To   : comp.os.linux
From : robertharvey
Date : Sat Aug 07 2004 07:14 am

lzman@mindless.com (gnosis) wrote in message news:<db0378b2.0408062017.9e51906@posting.google.com>...
> How can I use grep to search every file on my computer for an expression?

find / -type f -exec grep -H <yourpattern> {} ;

will locate all regular files from root downwards, and then run the
grep command on it.  The -H should display the file nameif grep
succeeds.

man find
man grep
to check the syntax on your own system.  In particular you may need
the odd \ to escape the bracket symbol, depending on how you are
running the command.

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