08-29-2008
find . -exec grep -l 'toto' {} \
find . -exec grep -l 'toto'{}\;
return
find: 0652-018 An expression term lacks a required parameter.
can you give me some details because i'm not an expert in shell programming.
Thanks.
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DEFID(1) User Commands DEFID(1)
NAME
defid - [DESCRIPTION]
SYNOPSIS
gid [OPTION]... PATTERN...
DESCRIPTION
Query ID database and report results. By default, output consists of multiple lines, each line containing the matched identifier followed
by the list of file names in which it occurs.
-f, --file=FILE
file name of ID database
-i, --ignore-case
match PATTERN case insensitively
-l, --literal
match PATTERN as a literal string
-r, --regexp
match PATTERN as a regular expression
-w, --word
match PATTERN as a delimited word
-s, --substring
match PATTERN as a substring
Note: If PATTERN contains extended regular expression metacharacters, it is interpreted as a regular expression substring. Other-
wise, PATTERN is interpreted as a literal word.
-k, --key=STYLE
STYLE is one of `token', `pattern' or `none'
-R, --result=STYLE
STYLE is one of `filenames', `grep', `edit' or `none'
-S, --separator=STYLE
STYLE is one of `braces', `space' or `newline' and only applies to file names when `--result=filenames'
The above STYLE options control how query results are presented. Defaults are --key=token --result=filenames --separator=space
-F, --frequency=FREQ
find tokens that occur FREQ times, where FREQ is a range expressed as `N..M'. If N is omitted, it defaults to 1, if M is omitted it
defaults to MAX_USHRT
-a, --ambiguous=LEN
find tokens whose names are ambiguous for LEN chars
-x, --hex
only find numbers expressed as hexadecimal
-d, --decimal
only find numbers expressed as decimal
-o, --octal
only find numbers expressed as octal
By default, searches match numbers of any radix.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to bug-idutils@gnu.org
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for defid is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and defid programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info defid
should give you access to the complete manual.
defid - 4.3.90.44-a04f September 2008 DEFID(1)