question about finding string in multiples files

g_paschoal · 04-18-2011, 09:02 AM

Guys...

when I want to search for a string on multiples files I cd to the directory where the files are... then I do this:

for i in ´ls -A´; do grep <STRING VALUE> $i; done

what if I want to look for values on all folder and sub folders?

thanks

rhamel · 04-18-2011, 09:09 AM

try

cd /path-to-directory

find . -type f -exec grep -H "search-string-text" {} \;

This will recursively search all files below the current directory and return the match plus the file in which it was found. Saved my bacon more than once.

Cheers.

H_TeXMeX_H · 04-18-2011, 09:13 AM

You can also use 'grep -r' for recursive grep.

Jeroen_ · 04-18-2011, 09:16 AM

Instead of

Code:

for i in `ls -A`; do grep <STRING VALUE> $i; done

you can use

Code:

grep <STRING VALUE> *

And when you want to descend the directory structure use

Code:

grep -r <STRING VALUE> *

From the manpage:
-R, -r, --recursive
Read all files under each directory, recursively; this is equivalent to the -d recurse option.

g_paschoal · 04-18-2011, 10:09 AM

Thanks