On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Joseph <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'
