Finding a comment or directive I've used in a file

[Maurices5000]

I typed a comment in a file (using "#" of course) on my linux server, but i can't remember where i put it. is there a way to find a term, word or directive (such as <Limit>) that i've used?

[Derek Karpinski]

Use grep.

grep -r -I 'string you're searching for' /*

That will search starting at '/' recursively through all files, ignoring binary files. It will take a while.

If you remember which directory you put the file in, or the extension of the file, that will speed up the search.

For more options,

man grep

[tgalati4]

It helps to use your initials in your comments:

# TFG 27 Mar 13 Cheesy work around, because I'm too lazy to refactor this code.
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