I need to find this string:
7z a -p
I've tried:
grep -iR "7z a -p" /
But it seems to hang after a while, with lots of:
grep: /sys/class/vc/vcs5/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error
grep: warning: /sys/class/vc/vcsa5/subsystem: recursive directory loop
grep: /sys/class/vc/vcsa5/power/autosuspend_delay_ms: Input/output error
grep: warning: /sys/class/vc/vcs6/subsystem: recursive directory loop
EDIT – However, this seems to just look at static text files. In addition, what about runtime areas, memory and processes? ie the entire system? eg for mysql:
ps aux | grep "mysql -u user -p"
shows :
38164 4292 pts/0 S+ 13:16 0:00 mysql -uodbcuser -px xxxxxxxx
Interestingly ps aux does hide the password with xxxxx. I can try with 7zip but it's quite fast, it has to be running at the same time as you run the ps aux command to "catch it.
Best Answer
You should exclude directories like
/sys/
,/proc/
and/dev/
from your command: