LinkedList _latestEntries;
 
//add some data to the linked list...
//.
//.
//.
//
 
ListIterator listIter = _latestEntries.listIterator(0);
 
while (listIter.hasNext()){
    String entry = (String)listIter.next();
 
    //text to search for
 
    if (entry.indexOf(text)!= -1) {
          System.err.println("Found "+text+" in " + entry);
    }
}

public void search( List list, String stringToFind )
{
    // check the string is in the list
    if( list.contains( stringToFind ) )
    {
        // string is in list
        Iterator iterator = list.iterator();
        while( iterator.hasNext() )
        {
            String s = (String) iterator.next();
            if( s.equals( stringToFind ) )
            {
                // found the string...
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // string is not in list
    }
}