Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:34:06 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files? Message-ID: <20011228123405.M476@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <011701c18f24$951d3b00$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <011701c18f24$951d3b00$c42a6ba5@lc.ca.gov>
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> From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net>
> To: <questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: How To Recursively Search Directory For Text String In Files?
> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:19:42 -0800
>
> 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?
Hi there,
the other suggestions are insanely complicated IMO. All you need is
> grep -FIHnir pattern path
^^^^^^- recursive search
||||'-- case insensitive search
|||'--- report the line number
||'---- report the file name
|'----- ignore binary files
'------ the pattern is a fixed string
> grep -FIHnir freebsd ~/Mail
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