how to redirect the output of find command to input of egrep

babu198649 · 12-27-2007, 01:43 AM

hi
how to redirect the output of find command to input of egrep.
an example command would be helpful

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win32sux · 12-27-2007, 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by babu198649

how to redirect the output of find command to input of egrep.
an example command would be helpful

You can use the xargs command. Example:

Code:

find . -type f | xargs egrep xxx

Be advised that this will cause problems with file/directory names that contain spaces and stuff like that. IMHO you are much better-off using the -exec built-in option of the find command. Example:

Code:

find . -type f -exec egrep xxx {} \;

babu198649 · 12-27-2007, 03:50 AM

thanks.......