"grep -r" is the way.
if u use git, it is git-grep -r etc. (git know where are all the C
files - via git-ls-files)
On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>
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