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Old 10-19-2016
Power find command fails mid-way during execution
I wish to search for a particular string say "Yellow_Colors" in all files in all folders in the current directory.

Below is the command I use:

Code:
find ./ -type f | xargs grep -i "Yello_Colors"

However, my command does not traverse all files and folders and errors out mid-way with the below error msg:

Code:
xargs: Missing quote: Your Claim Request Note_MS.pdf

Code:
uname -a
 SunOS mymac 5.10 Generic_150400-26 sun4v sparc sun4v

I understand that there are weird filenames in the directory, but I need my find command to complete execution and look for all files in the given directory.
Last edited by mohtashims; 10-19-2016 at 05:16 PM..
# 2  
Old 10-19-2016
I think Solaris 10/SunOS 5.10 comes with a version of find/xargs that groks the -print0/-0 directives, so you could try:
Code:
find ./ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "Yello_Colors"

There is a possibility that this change will move the error from xargs to grep!

Andrew
# 3  
Old 10-19-2016
Try:
Code:
find . -type f -exec /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -i "Yello_Colors" /dev/null {} +

The /dev/null is there so the filename will also be printed if there is only one file in the directory and there is a match in it..


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Quote:
Originally Posted by apmcd47
I think Solaris 10/SunOS 5.10 comes with a version of find/xargs that groks the -print0/-0 directives[..]
Unfortunately, this is not the case with standard version of find and xargs on Solaris. This is only available with GNU and BSD versions..
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-20-2016 at 02:16 AM..
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mohtashims
# 4  
Old 10-19-2016
Power
Quote:
Originally Posted by apmcd47
I think Solaris 10/SunOS 5.10 comes with a version of find/xargs that groks the -print0/-0 directives, so you could try:
Code:
find ./ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i "Yello_Colors"

There is a possibility that this change will move the error from xargs to grep!

Andrew
Code:
xargs: illegal option -- 0
find: bad option -print0xargs:
find: [-H | -L] path-list predicate-list
Usage: xargs: [-t] [-p] [-e[eofstr]] [-E eofstr] [-I replstr] [-i[replstr]] [-L #] [-l[#]] [-n # [-x]] [-s size] [cmd [args ...]]
bash-3.2$

# 5  
Old 10-19-2016
Just get rid of the xargs and invoke grep directly from find:
Code:
find . -type f -exec grep -i "Yello_Colors" {} +

Note to Scrutinizer: I don't think /usr/xpg4/bin/grep on Solaris 10 systems supports the -i option (but /usr/bin/grep does). And, since all of the filenames being passed to grep will start with ./, there is no need to use a /dev/null or -- operand to protect against filenames starting with a minus-sign being misinterpreted as options.
# 6  
Old 10-19-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
[..]
Note to Scrutinizer: I don't think /usr/xpg4/bin/grep on Solaris 10 systems supports the -i option (but /usr/bin/grep does).
Hi Don, I just had a look and it does support -i , but indeed /usr/bin/grep should work as well

Code:
SYNOPSIS
     /usr/bin/grep [-bchilnsvw] limited-regular-expression
          [filename]...

     /usr/xpg4/bin/grep [-E | -F] [-c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvx] -e pattern_list...
          [-f pattern_file]... [file]...

     /usr/xpg4/bin/grep [-E | -F] [-c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvx]
          [-e pattern_list]... -f pattern_file... [file]...

     /usr/xpg4/bin/grep [-E | -F] [-c | -l | -q] [-bhinsvx] pattern
          [file]...

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# 7  
Old 10-20-2016
The /dev/null makes sense in the case there is only one file in the directory tree. Or one more file than can be put into one argument list.
So yes the /dev/null should be there.
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