Comments on snippet: 'Linux: Find in Files' Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:52:17 +0000 mkornatz said on 19/Nov/2009 https://snipplr.com/view/13800/linux-find-in-files <p>I got errors when using this, specifically: "xargs: unmatched single quote;" This command was successful where the above was not: find -type f -printf '"%p"\n' | xargs grep -sl "string"</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:22:36 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/13800/linux-find-in-files