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# 1  
Old 09-02-2008
grep -r isn't working
Hi,

I was trying to use this particular option of grep
grep -r 'Search_pattern' *

This command should ideally search all the occurrences of Search_pattern recursively within a directory & print it on shell prompt. But this command is not doing what is expected. It just displays nothin!

While other commands are working
Ex:grep -n 'Search_pattern' *

Can anyone tell me any other alternative option? Its pretty urgent & am stuck here!!
# 2  
Old 09-02-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by harishmitty
Hi,

I was trying to use this particular option of grep
grep -r 'Search_pattern' *

This command should ideally search all the occurrences of Search_pattern recursively within a directory & print it on shell prompt. But this command is not doing what is expected. It just displays nothin!

While other commands are working
Ex:grep -n 'Search_pattern' *

Can anyone tell me any other alternative option? Its pretty urgent & am stuck here!!
Try -R. If that does not work, then you will have to see the man pages of grep.
# 3  
Old 09-02-2008
if nothing else work, try the "find" command and pipe the output to "grep"...
# 4  
Old 09-02-2008
Well, even grep -R isn't working!
# 5  
Old 09-02-2008
These are non standard Gnu extensions. You can install Gnu grep if you want them. It may already be installed in /usr/gnu/bin/grep depending on your Solaris release.
# 6  
Old 09-02-2008
using grep -i <pattern> ?
# 7  
Old 09-02-2008
"grep -i" if to ignore search pattern case, nothing related to a recursive search.
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