Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:23:33 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files? Message-ID: <20011227172121.Q11529-100000@shumai.marcuscom.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? > You can do grep -r <pattern> *, but I prefer: find <directory> -type f -name <optional filename pattern> | xargs grep <pattern> For example: find /usr/ports -type f -name Makefile | xargs grep -i snmp This would search all Makefiles found anywhere in the /usr/ports tree and grep case-insensitvely through them for the pattern "snmp". Joe > Thanks, > > Drew > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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