[Tfug] Need command line help regarding searching files for strings...

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: [Tfug] Need command line help regarding searching files for   
 strings...
From: Jim March <1.jim.march at gmail.com>
To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
Date: 02/09/2009 03:59 PM
> Folks,
>
> I just downloaded this:
>
> http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4713076
>
> This is one VERY legit torrent in terms of both legality and morality,
> but it's left me with a problem: 18,000+ files in one directory.
> Nautilus is basically breaking down trying to cope :).
>
> Each report has an index file, a text version and a PDF version.  The
> best descriptors of the reports are in the first page of each .PDF
> report.  So I need to do a command-line search within the directory
> (looking within all .pdf files) for strings like "electronic voting"
> or "diebold" or "second amendment" or the like :).
>
> What's the best way to skin this cat?
>
> Jim
>
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Are you looking for something like this: 
http://www.debianadmin.com/quick-pdf-sorting-and-searching-swish.html

-- 
Sometimes I wonder.  Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the height and breadth of it.

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