Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:21:45 -0600 (CST) From: Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112271620410.96309-100000@cody.jharris.com> In-Reply-To: <011701c18f24$951d3b00$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > OK, I am beginning to understand the power of FBSD and am sure this is > possible. I just don't know how to do it. What I want to do is > search all files in my current directory and all the directories below > it for a text string and then know what file(s) contains the string. > I understand that grep will do the search but my knowledge is limited > to "cat file.txt | grep string". How can I construct a command in > tcsh to feed each file to cat and then feed it to grep *AND* know the > name of the file grep found the match? Do I have the right concept? > Is there a better way to accomplish my goal? man find Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net> - Don't mind me...I'm just sniffing your packets To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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