Need unix command file HELP!

[M.J.Shannon]

> >This:
> >
> >>find / -exec fgrep this-is-the-string '{}' \;
> >
> >will give a file full of lines containing this-is-the-string.  Try:
> >
> 
> find / -exec fgrep -l this-is-the-string '{}' \;
> -- 
> Geoff Loker

If your grep/egrep/fgrep doesn't support -l, then try the following:

	find / -exec fgrep string '{}' /dev/null ';' |
		sed -e 's/:.*//' |
		sort -t/ -u

Note that this fails miserably if you have files whose names include a ':'.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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