question about grep

new_2_unix · 12-07-2007, 03:27 PM

hi,

i have a simple question. i want to grep for a string recursively in all the files in a directory structure. i can achieve this objective almost completely with:

Code:

find . -exec grep "Search String" {} \; > myreport

This works just fine, the only problem is that it doesn't tell the names of the files in which the "Search String" was found.

Using the -print before the -exec results in a whole list of file names which do not contain the "Search String".

any guidance on how to do this will be very helpful. thanks!

rtspitz · 12-07-2007, 03:43 PM

grep -R "string" * >out.txt

find . -exec grep "string" {} \; -exec echo {} \; >out.txt

Tinkster · 12-07-2007, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by new_2_unix

hi,

i have a simple question. i want to grep for a string recursively in all the files in a directory structure. i can achieve this objective almost completely with:

Code:

find . -exec grep "Search String" {} \; > myreport

This works just fine, the only problem is that it doesn't tell the names of the files in which the "Search String" was found.

Using the -print before the -exec results in a whole list of file names which do not contain the "Search String".

any guidance on how to do this will be very helpful. thanks!

Code:

find . -exec grep -H "Search String" {} \; > myreport

Cheers,
Tink

rsashok · 12-07-2007, 04:15 PM

Another way:

Code:

find . -type f -name * | xargs grep "string"

Tinkster · 12-07-2007, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsashok

Another way:

Code:

find . -type f -name * | xargs grep "string"

Almost....

Code:

find . -type f -name \* | xargs grep "string"

Cheers,
Tink

new_2_unix · 12-07-2007, 04:45 PM

thanks everyone!
that was very helpful.