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Hi,<br />
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basically it's <br />
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grep -R &quot;string&quot; <i>directory</i><br />
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If you need only filenames, not matching lines it's<br />
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grep -lR &quot;string&quot; <i>directory</i><br />
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Please note that the above commands search the subdirectories of &quot;directory&quot; as well, so if the directories you have to search in are all under the same top level directory you'll have to issue the command only once against that top level directory.
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Hi,

basically it's

grep -R "string" directory

If you need only filenames, not matching lines it's

grep -lR "string" directory

Please note that the above commands search the subdirectories of "directory" as well, so if the directories you have to search in are all under the same top level directory you'll have to issue the command only once against that top level directory.

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-R is apparently an illegal option
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Yes, it is HPUX. &nbsp;I will try again Monday morning
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Yes, it is HPUX.  I will try again Monday morning

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That worked. &nbsp;Thanks! &nbsp;<br />
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I added an i to the l option because I needed a non-case sensitive script. &nbsp;But that got me what I needed.
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That worked.  Thanks!  

I added an i to the l option because I needed a non-case sensitive script.  But that got me what I needed.

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I have a task that I have no idea how to do. &nbsp;I am supposed to search through dozens of directories on our Unix system and find every occurrence of a string in the files. &nbsp;I need to list the location and name of the files as well.<br />
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Any help?
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I have a task that I have no idea how to do.  I am supposed to search through dozens of directories on our Unix system and find every occurrence of a string in the files.  I need to list the location and name of the files as well.

Any help?

Searcg for text string in unix files

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.