Question

I want to display all file names conataining the string CHAR * getenv where getenv is a function.

I am using this query

find . -type f -exec grep -l "CHAR * getenv" {} \;

But it is not giving the desired output. It is displaying file names with string CHAR getenv but not CHAR * getenv.

Answer 1

find . -type f -exec grep -l "CHAR \* getenv" {} \;

or

grep -rl "CHAR \* getenv" *

You need to escape the * as it means 0 or more of the proceeding char (in this case the space)