grep a line in a file from dir

bkeating · 07-22-2003, 03:34 PM

I have a bunch of files in a directory and I want to find any lines in any of the files that match "addresses"

What tools would i need to use to acheive this?

I can grep words in a single file, but never did it for a directory of files.

stickman · 07-22-2003, 04:10 PM

You can use something similar to:
grep addresses *
grep addresses *.txt
...

RolledOat · 07-22-2003, 05:11 PM

If you aren't sure it is is Addresses or addresses, then
grep -i addresses *
will find all instances case insensitive.
Bonus hint: you can perform multiple instances of grep.

For example, the files find 14,000 matches, but you want the ones with John Smith on the same line...

grep -i addresses * |grep -i 'john smith'

RO

bkeating · 07-24-2003, 12:54 AM

Excellent! Thank you.

Now, second part;

I have directories and Directories of files and some of these top level directories have a directory call '.xvpics' i'd like to remove.

How do I grep for this folder within 300 some top level dirs?

acid_kewpie · 07-24-2003, 02:04 AM

rm -rf `find . -name .xvpics`