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[swaroop]

How can I search a given text in files under current and sub directories?

I wanted to find a text(ex: "cafe/images/Aug-27_BEIGE.gif&quot in the files under 'current and sub' directories if any file contains this text display it.

Thanks in advance.

Swaroop.

 

[raider2001]

PATTERN="cafe/images/Aug-27_BEIGE.gif"
DIR="mydir"
LIST=`grep $PATTERN \`find $DIR -type f\``

LIST will contain the file and the line containing the test separted by a colon. Here's an example:

./mydir/subdir1/joe:<a href=/pictures/cage/images/Aug-27_BEIGE.fit&quot;>MY PICTURE</a>

 

[bi]

This is what I use:

cd <dir>
find . -print | xargs grep &quot;mystring&quot;

 

[Annihilannic]

The GNU grep has a convenient --recursive option to do this.

Annihilannic.