grep -r on a Sun Solaris

richikiki · 08-03-2006, 10:01 AM

I would like to know if it is possible to have a grep recursive on a sun solaris: SunOs 5.8

jlliagre · 08-04-2006, 01:30 AM

This "-r" is an unnecessary GNU grep extension.

Unix philosophy is not to duplicate functionalities in multiple commands, but to have instead specialized commands that do well one thing and work easily together.

You can do something like this:

Code:

find . -type f -exec grep somepattern {} +

Of course, if you insist wanting a "grep -r" for Solaris, just install GNU grep on it, Unix philosophy is also about freedom of choice

richikiki · 08-07-2006, 08:12 AM

Woow,

This is a powerful command

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jlliagre Thanks A LOT ! ! !