difference between find command and grep command in linux

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Tue, 06/15/2010 - 19:45 — Anonymous

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find command is used to search for files and directories

find [pathnames] [conditons]
eg: find /etc -type f -size +100M

grep command is used to search for a text patterns within a file, it allows regular expressions

grep [text-pattern] [path]

grep pfaqs /myproject