[NTLUG:Discuss] Command not found

[Chris Cox]

Wayne Walker wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 05:01:43PM -0600, Chris Cox wrote:
>>Time to go hunting...
>>
>># cd /etc
>># find . -type f -print0 |
>> xargs -0 file |
>> grep -i text |
>> cut -f1 -d: |
>> tr '\012' '\000' |
>> xargs -0 grep ANT_HOME
> 
> or
> 
> grep -r ANT_HOME /etc
> 
> gnu grep has recursive search built in.
> 

While true.. this command searches non-text files, etc.
... which IS pretty safe with GNU grep.. but perhaps
a bit wasteful (depending on the size and number of
binaries).