Here's the code I'm using (was working on my old server before migrating to the new one:

#!/bin/bash
FINDBIN=/usr/bin/find
EGREPBIN=/bin/egrep
BADWORDS="warez|proxy|hacks"
echo " PHP SCAN STARTED"
echo "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
$FINDBIN /home/public_html/ -iname \*.php -type f -exec $EGREPBIN -i -H $BADWORDS {} \;
echo "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
echo " PHP SCAN ENDED"


Here is the output:

PHP SCAN STARTED
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
: No such file or directory/find
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PHP SCAN ENDED


I've reinstalled findutils with no luck, I verified the location of find and it is correct.


# whereis find
find: /usr/bin/find /usr/share/man/man1p/find.1p.gz /usr/share/man/man1/find.1.gz


Any ideas why this would work on the old server and not the new one since they are pretty much identical in terms of both hardware and software?

Paste output of:

/bin/bash -x yourscript.sh

# /bin/bash -x ifscanphp.sh
+ FINDBIN=$'/usr/bin/find\r'
+ EGREPBIN=$'/bin/egrep\r'
' BADWORDS='warez|proxy|hacks
' echo ' PHP SCAN STARTED
PHP SCAN STARTED
+ echo $'++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\r'
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
' '{}' ';bin/find\r' /home/*/public_html/ -iname '*.php' -type f -exec $'/bin/egrep\r' -i -H 'warez|proxy|hacks
: No such file or directorybin/find
+ echo $'++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\r'
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
' echo ' PHP SCAN ENDED
PHP SCAN ENDED

first of all make sure your system had findutils
http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/

type:
# which find

if you see a correct path -

you can put insted of this FINDBIN=/usr/bin/find
this: FINDBIN=`which find`

I did that, but now I'm getting the following:

line 7: /home/<user>/public_html/: is a directory

Try doing this, I noticed some \r's

# dos2unix ifscanphp.sh

Looks like it worked. Thanks!