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I am trying to search a string in a folder "test".
This folder has sub folders and zip files too. I want to search within this directory to find the match.
I used
zgrep '11:57' test
zgrep '11:57' test
But I could not got the result.
can some one tell the exact command for it.
And the always popular
find . -name '*.java' | xargs grep -l 'string'
EDIT (by Frank Szczerba):
If you are dealing with filenames or directories that have spaces in them, the safest way to do this is:
find . -name '*.java' -print0 | xargs -0 grep -l 'string'
There's always more than one way to do it.
There are a few things that you will need to keep in mind.
First of all, you will want to ensure that the your zip files are indexed properly:
- Press
+ S
- Type Indexing Options and press Enter
- In the subsequent window click on the Advanced button (and acknowledge UAC, as necessary)
- Select the File Types tab
- Scroll down and select the Zip file extension
Ensure that zip files are configured to Index Properties and File Contents, as seen below:
(Source)
Next, within the File Explorer interface you will want to select the Search field and confirm that the Search Tools tab is configured within the Location section to search inside All subfolders, as seen below:
Finally, within the File Explorer interface you will want to select the Search field and confirm that the Search Tools tab is configured within the Options section and modify the Advanced options to search inside Zipped (compressed) folders in non-indexed locations, as seen below:
Best Answer
You need to specify the files you want to be checked so in this case you should use:
But you also want sub-directories. For this you need to include the
find-command.Edit: I didn't use the
find -exec cmd {}option here because according to this blog and this topic-execruns a separate instance of your command for every find. Especially with lots of files this is not efficient. One pipe toxargsandxargsmakes sure it runs your command as few times as possible which is often just once.