On 07 Feb 1999q, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > What is the easiest way to locates files (say HTML) by text in their > documents? 4DOS ffind is essentially what I am trying to do. Is there > a way to pipe 'find'? Or do I need to use gawk? > When I tried using gawk it would not allow me to search multiple > directories. I find never used > gawk before so I probably didn't know what I was doing. I would prefer > to 'find' somehow but I am > not sure how to search for text using it. Any suggestions? > > Lance
Install glimpse. I don't know if there is a deb file of of this so you may need to put it in /usr/local/. It makes an index of all the files on your hard disk (or any subset of them you choose); then you can search for whatever text strings you choose. Brilliant program. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.achc.demon.co.uk "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)
