find in conjuction with grep

[David Gavin]

 Kevin,

   If you're looking for the names of files that contain your search
argument, try the -l option of grep:

          find . -exec grep -l "phrase I want" {} \;

  This will not show the line containing the search text, just the name of
the file(s) that contains it.

 Dave


Kevin Old said:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I've been using
> find . -exec grep "phrase I want" {} \;
> for quite a while to search recursively through directories and files
> to find a phrase or word.
>
> The results I get back are simply the line(s) that contained the
> phrase, but no path or filename.
>
> I'd thought about the -name flag, but I can't seem to figure out how
> to use it, though it is more for using to search for file names rather
> than display the name, it seems.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Kevin
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