Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:34:13 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files? Message-ID: <014501c18f26$9d430970$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <20011227172121.Q11529-100000@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Clarke" <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:23 PM Subject: Re: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files? > > > 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> Thank you very much! I *knew* it had to be possible but had not come across xargs yet. It looks like a very powerful tool that will have a lot of uses! Drew > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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