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1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Can I please have some ideas on how to do a recursive grep with certain types of files? The file types I want to use are *.c and *.java.
I know this normally works with all files.
grep -riI 'scanner' /home/bob/ 2>/dev/null
Just not sure how to get it to work *.c and *.java files. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Tricky one:
I want to do several things all at once to blow away a directory (rm -rf <dir>)
1) I want to find all files recursively that have a specific file extension (.ver) for example.
2) Then in that file, I want to grep for an expression ( "sp2" ) for example.
3) Then I want to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jvsrvcs
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
on AIX 6.1 , in man document for grep :
-r
Searches directories recursively. By default, links to directories are followed.
But when I use :
oracle@XXX:/appli/XXX_SCRIPTS#grep -r subject *.sh
It returns nothing.
However I have at least one row in a file :
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: big123456
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
When finding a string in files within a directory, one can use this:
grep -r "searchstring" dir/subdir/ > listofoccurrences.txt
For brevity sake one can enter the intended directory and use this:
grep -r "searchstring" . > listofoccurrences.txt
which as I found out leads to an endless loop,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: figaro
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm using this command to get a recursive grep
find . -name *.i -exec grep 'blah blah' {} \; -exec ls {} \;
now I would like to obtain just the list of the files and not also the line of the file.
How should I change the syntax?
thank you, (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: f_o_555
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: upstate_boy
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all ( again )
I will like to search and replace string in text file
ok I can loop throw the files like :
foreach f ( ` find . -name "*."`)
.. but here I like to examine the file if in contain the desired string
and so do the sed -e 's/blah/foo/g' thingy on it or there is better way... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: umen
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi! Suppose I have a directory (no symbolic links) called /WORK that contains 3 subdirectories:
/A
/B
/C
My problem is this: I want to look for a file that contains an order number. So far, I obtain what I want by doing this
/home/acb% cd /WORK/A
/home/acb/WORK/A% grep '093023553' *.*... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: alan
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to locate a file or files with specific data in them. Problem is the file(s) could reside in any one of many directories.
My question is. Is there a way of recursively greping directories for the file(s) with the data I am looking for.
I have tried -
1.
$HOME> grep 47518 | ls... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: jagannatha
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