locating a string pattern in a tree

amit4g · #1 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007

Hi,

How can i find a specific string pattern in the entire tree(several directories containing multiple sub directories ) ?
$ find ./ -type f |grep "<pattern>" will not do as it will just give the names of directories (relative pathname containing the pattern).

grepping for the pattern in a directory containing files only work,but this is not what i want.
i need to look for the specific <pattern> in the entire tree .

"xargs" might do the job,but i've never used it before : (

Thanks,
~amit

amit4g · #2 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007

i guess i found what i was looking for

find ./ -type f|xargs grep <pattern>|more

anbu23 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007

Code:

find . -type f -exec grep "<pattern>" {} \;

Code:

find . -type f | xargs grep "<pattern>"

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