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Old 04-11-2011
grep with two arguments to arguments to surch for

Hello,

is it possible to give grep two documents to surche for? like

grep "test" /home/one.txt AND /home/two.txt ?

thanks
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Old 04-11-2011
Yes:

Code:
grep test /home/one.txt /home/two.txt

Or if your shell supports brace expansion:

Code:
grep test /home/{one,two}.txt

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