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05-28-2008
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How to find a specific files in a many directory
Dear All,
Appreciate some help here. I have a log of report. It located in several directory as below: Directory: mysscpr1 mysscpr2 mysscpr3 my_scnpr4 In the directory it contain hundred of files. i need to find a specific files that contain 'invc2345' in the directory. How can i do that? without need to 'cd <directory name> ' and then use the grep command one by one in every directory such as cd <directoryname> grep invc2345 * Please assist |
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Dear nua,
May be my explaination is not clear: This is the sample of directory: drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 368640 May 28 14:24 mycrdpr1 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 96 Oct 19 2007 mycrdpr2 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 96 Oct 1 2007 mycrdpr3 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 96 May 23 08:15 myfinpr2 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 8192 Mar 1 08:26 myfinprn drwxrwx--- 2 xxxxx ulol 96 Jul 26 2007 mynpprn1 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 16384 May 26 12:56 mypngpr1 drwxrwxr-x 3 xxxxx ulol 1064960 May 28 14:26 mysscpr2 drwxrwx--- 2 xxxxx ulol 96 May 15 06:00 sgisbprn1 I'm looking for an invoice number JHK8888 where it located in one of the directory and in a file under the directory. Below is the sample of file under the directory: -rw-r----- 1 1253 ulol 5386 Jul 6 2007 IBCRNtKL.abor.212113 -rw-r----- 1 1253 ulol 200070 Jul 9 2007 IBCRNtKL.abor.212941 -rw-r----- 1 chaiyeel ulol 5270 Jul 30 2007 IBCRNtKL.chel.2220 50 The problem is i also dunt know where is the file located and under which directory. I dont want to cd directory one by one and user grep to look for the invoice number. I want to make it easy. Please advice. Rgrds Shahril |
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grep -R "<Search String>" *
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Dear siba,
Please find error below: $ grep -R JHBI11117 * grep: illegal option -- R usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] -e pattern_list... [-f pattern_file...] [file...] usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] [-e pattern_list...] -f pattern_file... [file...] usage: grep [-E|-F] [-c|-l|-q] [-bhinsvx] pattern [file...] $ |
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Have u checked the man page for grep command?
If -R is not working then u can use -r here and try it. Quote:
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05-28-2008
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Code:
find /path/to/find -type f -name "pattern_of_file" -o -name "pattern_of_file" | xargs grep -i "pattern_to_find" |
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