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dockland

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Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

I'd like to have a "global" search function in Xfce that searches both filename and contents of files, including .conf and all system files by choice. e.g. if i search for ""Option "GLXVBlank" "true"" it will show all files that contain that line. Like this example would state "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf" as answer.
Is there anything that could manage that kind of search in Arch/Xfce?

Last edited by dockland (2015-06-29 11:21:40)

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Re: Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

grep -lr Foo /etc

add -i for case-insensitive, see man grep

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dockland

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2015-06-06

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Re: Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

Thank You a lot. I mark thread as solved.

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progandy

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Re: Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

If grep is too slow, you might want to use an indexing search engine
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fi … ch_engines

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karol

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Re: Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

Or e.g. https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sor … r_searcher

Alad

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Re: Search for and in conf-files [SOLVED]

Or e.g. https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sor … r_searcher

Nice!

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