On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/06/15 20:09, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <[1]syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've bunch of php files in many directories and I need to file a >> text string in them "Check/Money Order" >> I've tried: >> find -type f -print0 | xargs -r0 grep -F 'Check/Money Order' >> it doesn't work. >> What is a better method of searching files? >> -- >> Joseph >> >> grep -ls 'Check/Money Order' `du -a | sed '/\.php$/!d;s/.*\t//'` # grep >> will complain that the args list is too long if the number of files >> found is too great. >> Otherwise, this might work for you: >> find dir -type f -name \*.php | xargs grep -sl 'Check/Money Order' >> > > Thanks, this worked for me, it searches in current and below dir. > > > Good to hear.
