grep - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

rishchand · #1 09-21-2005

I want to do a recursive grep. that is i should be able to search for a string in all the subdirectories under the main directory.

vino · #2 09-21-2005

Read the man page for grep

It says

Code:

       -R, -r, --recursive
              Read all files under each directory, recursively; this is equiv-
              alent to the -d recurse option.

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