[NTLUG:Discuss] searching text in all files for match

[Allen Flick]

Chris Cox wrote:

> Fred James wrote:
>
> > My brain is stuck - trying to remember how to search all text files on
> > the machine for matches to a text string.  Any nudges?
> >
> find . -type f | xargs file | grep -i text | cut -f1 -d: | xargs grep
> "search for this"

Ironic.  I was once turned down for employment because during a
telephone interview I was asked what Unix command would do
such & so, and the answer ended up being a string of commands
like the above. The young guy doing the interview smuggly informed
me that one line is one command, and little was said after that.