>Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:38:15 -0800 (PST) >From: Jack Wang <jwus2001@xxxxxxxxx> >To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >List-Id: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list.redhat.com> >Subject: About grep > >I can use the following grep command to find a string >in current directory: > >grep "abc" *.* > >How to find a string recursively into subdirectories?
My personal favorite is still:
find . -type f -exec grep 'abc' {} /dev/null \;
Note the use of /dev/null as a second file name arg to grep:
this forces grep to emit the name of the file the search string was found in, if any...without it you get a list of the matched lines, but no file name where found...useless.
Now if only "find" had "grep" built in... :)
-- johnT John McKowen Taylor, Jr. Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 200 Regency Forest Dr. Cary, NC 27511 USA +1 919 481 6835
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