find in conjuction with grep

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Kevin Old wrote:

> I was unclear.  I'd like to recursively search directories in order to
> find "phrase I want" inside files, not as the file name.

   $ grep -r "microsoft sux" <dir names here>
   $ grep -rl "microsoft sux" <dir names here>

the first will print each line that matches within any file.  the 
second will only list the containing file name, if that's all you're 
after.

   obviously, all of the other standard grep options (-i, -w, etc.) can 
be added to the mix.

rday