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Old 02-22-2013
Grepping large list of files
Hi All,

I need help to know the exact command when I grep large list of files. Either using ls or find command. However I do not want to find in the subdirectories as the number of subdirectories are not fixed. How do I achieve that.

I want something like this:
Code:
find ./ -name "MYFILE*.txt" | wc -l  (excluding subdirectories).

I am using HPUnix.

Thanks
Angshuman
Last edited by vbe; 02-22-2013 at 10:04 AM.. Reason: code tags...
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Old 02-22-2013
??
ll MYFILE*.txt | wc -l ?
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Old 02-22-2013
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Originally Posted by angshuman
Hi All,

I need help to know the exact command when I grep large list of files. Either using ls or find command. However I do not want to find in the subdirectories as the number of subdirectories are not fixed. How do I achieve that.

I want something like this:
Code:
find ./ -name "MYFILE*.txt" | wc -l  (excluding subdirectories).

I am using HPUnix.

Thanks
Angshuman
I'm confused. You say you want to know how to grep a large list of file, but you have no grep in your code sample. Please try another way to explain what it is that you want to do.

Have you tried something simple like:
Code:
grep pattern MYFILE*.txt

If you have and it is failing with an argument list too long error, have you tried something like:
Code:
find . -name 'MYFILE*.txt' -exec grep pattern /dev/null {} +

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