To find a string in the file which is in the directory which the user has no privilge

directory is /v_dialer
in that i have to find the string v_dialer in all the files as well as subdirectories,
here for some of the files i don't have ownership,how can i use ownership in this context.
reply ASAP
drwxrwxr-x 11 ccvob01 ccgrp01 236 Aug 13 2005 3rdparty
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 4797 Mar 14 13:56 Make.system
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 8488 Feb 17 2001 Make.targets
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 1622 Feb 17 2001 Makefile
drwxrwxr-x 8 ccvob01 ccgrp01 166 Nov 1 2000 admin
drwxrwxr-x 8 ccvob01 ccgrp01 220 Nov 18 2000 blend
drwxrwxr-x 3 ccvob01 ccgrp01 51 Nov 2 2000 custom
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Sep 30 2001 depend.mk
drwxrwxr-x 3 ccvob01 ccgrp01 51 Nov 2 2000 dialer
drwxrwxr-x 4 ccvob01 ccgrp01 74 Nov 2 2000 dispatcher
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 16 Apr 17 2001 idl -> ../v_midtier/idl
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 3388 Aug 6 2004 include
drwxrwxr-x 5 ccvob01 ccgrp01 98 Nov 2 2000 ivr
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Nov 15 2000 language
drwxrwxr-x 16 ccvob01 ccgrp01 400 Nov 17 2000 library
drwxrwxr-x 16 ccvob01 ccgrp01 3563 Apr 30 15:19 lost+found
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Jun 28 2001 manbase
drwxrwxr-x 3 ccvob01 ccgrp01 23 Nov 17 2000 pabbase
drwxrwxr-x 6 ccvob01 ccgrp01 120 Nov 2 2000 pdsbase
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Jan 9 2002 purify.mk
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 17 Oct 17 2006 relcmd.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 66 May 29 14:54 relcmd_lin.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 May 28 12:06 relcompat_lin.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 435 May 28 17:04 reldepend_lin.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 72 May 28 16:34 relerror_lin.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 84 Oct 17 2006 relmail.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 83 May 28 16:41 relmail_lin.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 9 Oct 17 2006 relno.txt
-r--r--r-- 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 12 May 28 16:34 relno_lin.txt
drwxrwxr-x 20 ccvob01 ccgrp01 606 Nov 2 2000 rls
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 87 Jan 28 2001 sdn
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Nov 28 2000 soe
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Aug 22 2001 tao
-r-xr-xr-x 1 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Aug 16 2001 tao_hpux.mk
drwxrwxr-x 6 ccvob01 ccgrp01 128 Feb 14 2001 tools
drwxrwxr-x 3 ccvob01 ccgrp01 51 Nov 2 2000 tzonebase
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Nov 16 2004 xalan
drwxrwxr-x 2 ccvob01 ccgrp01 0 Jan 16 2002 xerces
drwxrwxr-x 3 ccvob01 ccgrp01 51 Nov 2 2000 zips

Jun 11 '07 #1

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what have you tried so far?

Jun 11 '07 #2

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ownership doesn't matter. What matters is priviledges. It appears that all of these files are "other" readable, so you should be fine.

Just use File::Find for recursing directories nicely.

perldoc File::Find

- Miller

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