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# 8  
Old 12-31-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
But why does that requires a loop,
Code:
find /mydirectory/ -type f -exec grep -l 'keyword' {} \;

Or even faster

Code:
find /mydirectory/ -type f | xargs grep -l 'Keyword'

SmilieSmilieSmilie
# 9  
Old 12-31-2009
Why to use 2 commands when only 1 can do the job ?

Code:
 
grep -Rl pattern /path/to/Mydirectory/*

# 10  
Old 01-01-2010
@xoops
"grep -R" is not valid on Solaris. I guess you have Linux not unix?
# 11  
Old 01-04-2010
methyl,
you are correct.
There is no "-R" with grep on solaris.
# 12  
Old 01-04-2010
The OP said Solaris 5.1. Does he mean SunOS 5.1 (as in Solaris 2.1), or was SunOs 5.10 (as in Solaris 10) meant (in which case he'd have /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep, which does have -R)?
# 13  
Old 01-04-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by scottn
The OP said Solaris 5.1. Does he mean SunOS 5.1 (as in Solaris 2.1), or was SunOs 5.10 (as in Solaris 10) meant (in which case he'd have /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep, which does have -R)?
I didn't know about the /usr/sfw/bin directory on Solaris 10 Smilie
Thanks!
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