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if using gnu grep,<br />
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grep -r &quot;blahblahblah&quot; /*<br />
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if using gnu grep,

grep -r "blahblahblah" /*



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Hello,<br />
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I need to find a specific string in an unkowned file in an unkowned directory. &nbsp;How do i do that ?<br />
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For example, i wanna know which files can contained the password &quot;blahblahblah&quot; on my server. &nbsp;But i don't know exactly which files could have it... neither their specific location.<br />
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In windows i would search for the string &quot;blahblahblah&quot; in any kind of files in any directories... &nbsp;How can i do that with a unix command ?!<br />
<br />
Thanks !<br />
<br />
Martin
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Hello,

I need to find a specific string in an unkowned file in an unkowned directory.  How do i do that ?

For example, i wanna know which files can contained the password "blahblahblah" on my server.  But i don't know exactly which files could have it... neither their specific location.

In windows i would search for the string "blahblahblah" in any kind of files in any directories...  How can i do that with a unix command ?!

Thanks !

Martin

Command for finding a string in multiple files and directories

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.