The setup: I have a directory. In this directory is a series of subdirectories. In each subdirectory are four or five text files. The files are all named identically from directory to directory; i.e.

The essential command for searching for strings on the Linux command line is 'grep'. However, the weakness of grep is that it cannot search for character strings in video files and PDF files. ' ...

Earlier, I posted a thread needed help with a SQL problem, but I think I might be able to do what I need possibly using GREP. Basically the problem is as follows:<BR ...