Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 19:17:21 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ipv6canada.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Find a file with an unknown name Message-ID: <86pr0uoswe.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com> (Steve Bertrand's message of "Mon, 17 May 2010 22:15:43 -0400") References: <4BF1F84F.1000700@ipv6canada.com>
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>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Bertrand <steve@ipv6canada.com> writes: Steve> What command string do I use to search a directory structure for a file, Steve> when my search pattern only matches content and not filename? grep -r 'pattern here' top-level-dir-here -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion
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