using find /grep

gamor · 03-31-2005, 02:58 PM

Hi everyone,
I am having troubles using find and grep. What would be the expression to search for a key term in all files in subdirecties of a main directory?
Also I am trying to run a program and I keep getting a message that a sepcific file cannot be opened even though i added the path to .bash_profile. Am I supposed to do something extra so the file cann be opened
Thanks for your help.

acid_kewpie · 03-31-2005, 03:12 PM

grep -R something .

evil_empire · 03-31-2005, 03:30 PM

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Also I am trying to run a program and I keep getting a message that a sepcific file cannot be opened even though i added the path to .bash_profile. Am I supposed to do something extra so the file cann be opened

more details plzz!

Linux~Powered · 03-31-2005, 05:56 PM

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Also I am trying to run a program and I keep getting a message that a sepcific file cannot be opened even though i added the path to .bash_profile.

Did you 'source .bash_profile' (without the strong quotes) after you edited it or logged out and logged back in?

gamor · 04-01-2005, 01:49 PM

I didn't source the .bash_profile. Should I just write it the way you specified source .bash_profile
I logged out and loogged in, that didn't work.
Thanks for your help

evil_empire · 04-01-2005, 02:01 PM

Plzz post the exact error message here so that It would be easy for all of us to sort your problem out.
What file cannot be opened? Its probably a shared library file, you can't set path to shared library from .bash_profile If I can rememebr.
So, if you post the exact error messages along with the command you ran, it would be very easy.

gamor · 04-04-2005, 02:34 PM

I added the path to .bash_profile. What I have in this file is

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

PATH=$PATH:$HOME "all the aths I include"

export PATH
unset USERNAME

When I run the program I get:
ERROR: **couldn't open stopword file "release3.2-linux/data/default.stp".

default.stp is just a regular file.

What can the problem be?

thanks

evil_empire · 04-04-2005, 04:25 PM

Looks like the program isn't finding release3.2-linux/data/default.stp file. Does this file exist?
Also looks like the program is looking for the file from its current directory.

gamor · 04-05-2005, 07:57 AM

Yeah the ile exists, I can open it. It looks at it from where I run the program.

gamor · 04-06-2005, 08:34 AM

Anyone can help me here. When I said I can open it, I meant that it exists. I still get the message that the file cannot be opened. Even when I try to run the run program in the directory where the file is. Anyone knows what the problem can be?
Thnaks a lot

evil_empire · 04-06-2005, 01:00 PM

The permission of the file may be the problem. For the time being give all permission to the file and see. Another thing, if you can edit the progams configuration file to use absolute path of that .stp file instead of that reative one, plzz do that.
And if that .stp file is a script file. it needs executable permission as well.
Change to the folder contating the file and then run.
chmod 777 default.stp

After that try to run the program and post back.

gamor · 04-06-2005, 02:49 PM

I did what you said but it still doesn't work. Any other possibillities.

evil_empire · 04-06-2005, 04:39 PM

Well, I don't exactly know whats going on in your side nor do I know which program it is. If its possible
give me the link to the program, so that I can test and see whats wrong.
Alsp, plzz explain in more details. What kind of prgram is it? Was the compilation successful?

comprookie2000 · 04-06-2005, 04:51 PM

default.stp is just a regular file. What kind of file is .stp?

gamor · 04-13-2005, 02:36 PM

I just wanted to say thanks for trying to help me. I figured out what the problem was. I just had the path written wong in one of the files. the system has so many modules andthat was kind of confusing.

I just have a quick question. I need to make sure that the lock deamon rpc.lockd is running. When I write lssrc -s rpc.lockd I get : bash : lssrc : command not found. Is there a different command when using the bash shell?