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Old 10-21-2012
Network Need a perl script similiar to grep -r 'word' /path/to/dir"
Hi ,

i am looking for a perl script to grep for a string in all files inside a directory .

bash command .
Code:
grep -r 'word' /path/to/dir

Thanks,
Nvil
Last edited by Franklin52; 10-22-2012 at 03:07 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
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Old 10-21-2012
How can I search multiple files for a string in Perl?
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Old 10-21-2012
Hi.

There is a grep work-alike written in perl at http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/CWEST...rc/grep/tcgrep It includes a recursive option.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl
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Old 10-21-2012
Why do you need perl for this?
Use grep with find.
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