How to grep (or find) on cPanel?
I can understand the frustration when you don't have access to SSH. Below is a simple PHP script that you save in a file in the root folder from where you want to start your search. For example, I wanted to find all files that have the HEX color code string ecebeb
under the ../public_html
(or the www
) folder. Retracing the steps here.
- Login to yourdomain/cpanel
- Go to File Manager - elect to go to
www/public_html
- Create new file with
.php
extension - I createdecebeb.php
- then edit it. Copy below 6 lines script, paste it in the
ecebeb.php
edit window and save the file.<?php
$command = "grep -ri 'ecebeb' ./*";
$output = shell_exec($command);
echo "$output";
echo "Grep job over.";
?>
Now, open a new browser tab/window and browse to the URL like
yourdomain/ecebeb.php