recursive grep

xpucto · 05-29-2007, 09:12 AM

Hi!

I use solaris 10 and I wanted to use the following command

Quote:

grep -ri 'something' /somewhere

like I use under linux in order to find out which files include de the expression "something". but the option -r for grep is not accepted under solaris 10. which command could I use instead?

thanks.

druuna · 05-29-2007, 09:28 AM

Hi,

You could combine find and grep (possibly also using xargs).

find . -type f -exec grep "something" {} \;

or:

find . -type f | xargs grep 'something'

Hope this helps.

jlliagre · 05-29-2007, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpucto

I use solaris 10 and I wanted to use the following command
like I use under linux in order to find out which files include de the expression "something". but the option -r for grep is not accepted under solaris 10.

The "-r" is a non standard extension of Gnu grep.

Quote:

which command could I use instead?

Druuna suggestion will work and is portable. Alternatively, you can still run the same command you are used to. Just pick the gnu grep version which is bundled with Solaris:
/usr/sfw/bin/ggrep