Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:22:27 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Iterate through directories and search into files Message-ID: <48DCD403.8010603@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <48DCD201.2000402@ibctech.ca> References: <48DCD201.2000402@ibctech.ca>
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Steve Bertrand wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have a list of directories: > > - a..z and 2003..2008 > > ...inside of a single directory. > > Can someone advise what the shortest shell pipeline would be to search > for two words (on two separate lines) within all files located only the > alpha directories, and then print the filename to STDOUT? ...what I meant to say was that both patterns will be on the SAME line, as a single instance example, I would do: cat a/file.fil | grep -i comment | grep 355 Steve
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