Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:28:21 +0100 From: F.Xavier Noria <fxn@isoco.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to search IN a bunch of files? Message-ID: <20020220122821.713524ea.fxn@isoco.com> In-Reply-To: <20020220121803.E5644@xs4all.nl> References: <20020220121803.E5644@xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:18:04 +0100
rene@xs4all.nl wrote:
: Hello. I'd like to be able to search in all files on my freebsd system for a
: given regexp. Yes, I want to search the contents of the files specified.
:
: I can get find(1) to supply me with a list of valid paths, but am unsure
: how to grep within all these files. an example would be appreciated.
If all files need to be considered:
$ cd root_dir
$ grep -r pattern .
If you need to filter out some of them:
$ cd root_dir
$ find . -name '*.foo' -print | xargs grep pattern
-- fxn
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