Search an entire drive for character string

[Vikram Goyal]

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com>
Sent: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 12:35:51PM -0500
To fedora-list at redhat.com
Subject: Re: Search an entire drive for character string


> At 10:28 PM +0530 11/19/05, Vikram Goyal wrote:
>  ...
> >> fergus wrote:
> >>
> >> >Is there a way (dunno, maybe using dd and grep?) that an entire drive,
> >> >and not just the files on it, can be scanned for a character string?
> >> >Fergus
> 
> >How about baobab from extras
> 
> Baobab searches files.  The OP wants to search "not just the files".  LDE
> (Linux Disk Editor) may do what is needed.  <http://lde.sourceforge.net/>
> I see that DAG, Dries, and RPMForge have Fedora RPMs.

Brain Fag...

My mistake, You are absolutely write. I didn't pay enough attention
previously.
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