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Using grep with subdirectories

  • 05-07-2000 01:13PM
    #1
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭


    Got it working with: 
     find ./ -name "*.[c|h]" -print|xargs grep TPF

    Al.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



Comments

  • #2
    deRanged
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,744 ✭✭✭deRanged


    you know you can use commands in the find statement?
    ie
    find . -name "*.[c|h]" -exec fgrep -l {} \;

    might be handy.


  • #3
    OctaviaN
    Closed Accounts Posts: 102 ✭✭OctaviaN


    Yeah as above
    lol smile.gif


  • #4
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭Trojan



    deRanged: that's what I said... cept using | rather than exec...

    Cheers, anyway...

    Al.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



  • #5
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,415 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Hi all,

    can any of you Unix wizards tell me how to grep through several subdirectories? I can't find a grep option to do the same.

    I tried the find command as follows (I was looking for the string "TPF": 
    find ./ -name "*.[c|h]" -print| /dev/null grep TPF
    but this didn't work.

    Any ideas?

    Cheers,
    Al.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



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