> From: Peng Yu [mailto:pengyu...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 5:21 PM > > Hi, > > On windows machines, there is "google desktop" which searchs the files > contents. Mac has "spotlight" which also search the file contents in a > mac machine. > > In linux, I know the command 'locate' which search all the filenames. > But I am wondering if there is a tool that can search file contents. > > I know that the combination of 'find' and 'grep' can search the > contents, but it is slow. Can somebody let me know if there is a much > faster solution which might rely on an indexing database? > > Regards, > Peng
If you like Google Desktop, there's a Linux version. http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
