Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 00:25:39 +0000 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.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: <20011228002539.GA82923@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <011701c18f24$951d3b00$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <011701c18f24$951d3b00$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 02:19:42PM -0800, 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". grep -r string * Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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