find $MYUSR -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n 10 grep -i -l 'this table...'
The options to find are
-type f - we don't want to search directories (just files in them), devices etc -print0 - we want to be able to handle filenames containing spaces
The options to xargs are
-0 - Because of find -print0 -n 10 - Run grep on 10 files at a time (useful when not using grep's -l)
The options to grep are
-i - ignore case-l - just list filenames (not all matching lines)-f - treat dots in search expression as plain ol' dots.
To start in the current directory replace $MYUSR with .
Update (a fellow superuserer suggested find -type f -exec grep -i "this table..." +)
$ ls -1 2011 2011 East 2011 North 2011 South 2012 $ find -type f -exec grep -i 'this table...' find: missing argument to `-exec' $ find -type f -exec grep -i 'this table...' + find: missing argument to `-exec' $ find -type f -exec grep -i 'this table...' {} \; this table... is heavy THIS TABLE... is important this table... is mine this table... is all alike this table... is twisty
But that's not useful, you want filenames
$ find -type f -exec grep -i -l 'this table...' {} \; ./2011 East ./2011 ./2011 North ./2011 South ./2012
OK but often you want to see the matching line content too
If you want filenames AND matching line content, I do it this way:
$ find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -n 10 grep -i 'this table...'; ./2011 East:this table... is heavy ./2011:THIS TABLE... is important ./2011 North:this table... is mine ./2011 South:this table... is all alike ./2012:this table... is twisty
But without "old skool" -print0 and -0 you'll get a mess
$ find -type f | xargs -n 10 grep -i 'this table...'; ./2011:THIS TABLE... is important grep: East: No such file or directory ./2011:THIS TABLE... is important ./2011:THIS TABLE... is important grep: North: No such file or directory ./2011:THIS TABLE... is important grep: South: No such file or directory ./2012:this table... is twisty
