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# 1  
Old 06-05-2010
Grep -l Problem
Hi,

I have tried to run grep -l in directory having large number of .sql files.

/home/apps/unisure/global/sql> grep -l 'linc.unisure_fi700' *.sql
ksh: /usr/bin/grep: arg list too long

Can someone please advise how can i track those files which is having the specified regular expression ?

cheers!
subhotech Smilie
# 2  
Old 06-05-2010
How about ...

Code:
ls -1 *.sql | grep -l 'linc.unisure_fi700'

(Reference)
Last edited by dr.house; 06-05-2010 at 10:20 AM.. Reason: Link added
# 3  
Old 06-05-2010
Not working
/home/apps/unisure/global/sql> ls -1 *.sql | grep -l 'linc.unisure_fi700'
ksh: /usr/bin/ls: arg list too longSmilie

I guess ls -ltr itself is fetching lot of sql files..
# 4  
Old 06-05-2010
And if you make use of a temp file as mentioned in the reference given?
# 5  
Old 06-05-2010
please elaborate
please elaborate
# 6  
Old 06-05-2010
Try
Code:
for i in *.sql; do
grep -l 'linc.unisure_fi700' "$i"
done

# 7  
Old 06-05-2010
Code:
ls -1 . | grep '.sql$' >> LIST # write list to temp file
for FILE in $( cat LIST ) # process list "one by one"
do
    grep -l 'linc.unisure_fi700' $FILE >> GREP
done
cat GREP

 
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