On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:15 PM, loody <miloody@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all: > "grep 'test' *.h" will search pattern "test" in all header file at the > current folder. > if I want grep do the same thing recursively, I try to use "grep -r > 'test' *.h" and it complains no *.h such file. > Would anyone know how to use grep to search specific file recursively? This is really not a kernel question......but anyway the following command should be good enough for you. find . -name '*.h' -exec grep test {} /dev/null \; Thanks - Manish > appreciate your help, > miloody > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ