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Old 04-15-2010
how to find a content in all files
Hi,

i would like to find 'AppManage' in all files. i have tried the following but it didn't work.

/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' *.* - not outcome
/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' - this one hangs

thanks
# 2  
Old 04-15-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by lookinginfo
Hi,

i would like to find 'AppManage' in all files. i have tried the following but it didn't work.

/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' *.* - not outcome
/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' - this one hangs

thanks
Code:
/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' *

# 3  
Old 04-15-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by lookinginfo
Hi,

i would like to find 'AppManage' in all files. i have tried the following but it didn't work.

/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' *.* - not outcome
/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' - this one hangs

thanks
this will check all arguuments inside all text files ( you can give another file extension too).

Code:
find . -type f -name "*txt" -print | xargs grep -i appmanage

# 4  
Old 04-16-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by lookinginfo
/local/home/mani>grep -iR 'AppManage' - this one hangs
No, this requires input from stdin.

Code:
grep -iR 'AppManage' -
AppManage
AppManage

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