Can i run grep from cPanel without SSH?

Question

I need to search a large amount of files on my hosting that runs cPanel.

They don't have SSH, is there a way I can run grep in any other way to search my files for a certain piece of text?

Answer 1

<?php
  $command = "grep -ri 'abcdef' ./*";
  $output = shell_exec($command);
  echo "$output";
  echo "Grep job over.";
?>

Change to suit your required grep search.

Save as grep.php. Then upload to root directory and visit the URL

http://Your Site/grep.php

Answer 2

Yes you can use grep command without shell. First you need to check function is enable shell_exec enable in php.ini then you can use.