Binary files-such as program files-may contain strings of human-readable text. But how do you get to see them? If you use cat or less you are likely to end up with a hung terminal window. Just what is its purpose? Is there a point to a command that lists the printable strings from within a binary file? The strings command definitely falls into that camp. Linux is full of commands that can look like solutions in search of problems. Want to see the text inside a binary or data file? The Linux strings command pulls those bits of text-called “strings”-out for you. exclude-dir=PATTERN directories that match PATTERN will be skipped.Fatmawati Achmad Zaenuri/ exclude-from=FILE skip files matching any file pattern from FILE exclude=FILE_PATTERN skip files and directories matching FILE_PATTERN include=FILE_PATTERN search only files that match FILE_PATTERN R, -dereference-recursive Search files recursively and follow symlinks

To list all switches details use grep -help command. grep -rlw -exclude-dir='*http*' -e 'tecadmin' /var/logīelow is the frequently uses grep command switches. For example, do not search string files inside any folder having http in their name. You can also exclude some directoires to skip search inside it. grep -rlw -exclude='*.txt' -e 'tecadmin' /var/log

For example, do not search file ending with. You can exclude some files using –exclude option in command. If you want to exclude some files matching file name criteria. grep -rlw -include='*.log' -e 'tecadmin' /var/log log extension in /var/log directory and its sub-directories. Below example command will search string “tecadmin” in files ending with. You can search strings in files matching the file name criteria. grep -rlw -e 'tecadmin' -e 'https' /var/log Below example will search strings “tecadmin” and “https” in all files in /var/log directory and its sub-directories.

You can also specify multiple strings to search using -e switch. The below example command will search string “tecadmin” in all files in /var/log directory and its sub-directories.

Syntax grep -rwl “search-string” /path/to/serch/dir 1. Alternatively, You can also also use the find command to search files with specific string. This tutorial uses the “grep” command to search strings in files. This tutorial will help you to search all files matching a string recursively. How to search a directory tree for all files containing specific text strings on Linux using the command line.

Linux search files for text string