Hello,

First time post - I have no formal unix training and could use some help with this. I have a list of strings in File1 that I want to use to do a recursive search (grep) under a specific directory.


Here is an example of the string I need to search:

/directory/dire ctory/directory/dire ctory/filename

I'm trying to illustrate that the string is a full directory path of a file where some of the directories have spaces in their names.

I then have the following script:

for h in `cat file1`; do grep -rl "$h" /../../../../../ >> /../../file2 ; done

So, I'm trying to say for each string in file1, do a recursive grep in the specified directory and print the results to file2.

The problem (I think) I'm running into is the format of the string I'm searching, the cat I'm doing is treating the spaces as escapes which throws the grep off. I've tried putting the string in single and double quotes but it's still not working.

Sorry for the lack of technical terminology - I hope I was clear enough.

If anyone can offer any help on making it work with what I have or a simpler alternative to what I have, it would be a great help.

Thanks - upstate boy