Re: [cobalt-users] Search

[Duncan Laurie <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wilkins, Jason wrote:

> xargs: unmatched single quote
> Broken pipe
>
> Command i am using  
>
> find / -type f -print | xargs grep "jason"

try this:
  find / -type f -exec grep -H jason {} \;

or this:
  find / -type f -printf '"%p"\n' | xargs grep jason

The second command should be marginally faster, but the
syntax isn't as readable...


-duncan