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Old 03-20-2019
Search strings from a file in files in a directory recursively; then print the string with a status
Hi All,

I hope somebody would be able to help me.
I would need to search a string coming from a file, example file.txt:
Code:
dog
cat
goat
horse
fish

For every string, I would need to know if there are any files inside a directory(recursively) that contains the string regardless of case.
And then should be able to create a status report file based from the result of the search, and produce the following format:
report.txt
Code:
dog|found
cat|found
goat|found
horse|missing
fish|missing

Thanks in advance!
# 2  
Old 03-20-2019
As with all shell scripting questions: which shell (and version) do you use? Which OS (and version) do you use? And, most important of all: what have you tried already?

I hope this helps.

bakunin
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nezabudka
# 3  
Old 03-20-2019
HI, I understand correctly?
Code:
grep -rowFf file ./

--- Post updated at 18:53 ---

I understood, it is necessary to deduce the absence of coincidences too.
# 4  
Old 03-20-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by bakunin
As with all shell scripting questions: which shell (and version) do you use? Which OS (and version) do you use? And, most important of all: what have you tried already?

I hope this helps.

bakunin
Hi! It is an Oracle Linux Server 7.1.
I have tried the usual grep commands I can search in the site, but I have yet to see a mechanism that reads a file for strings (probably should be done using a loop) and find it recursively in a directory then prints a status.
I am still searching though.
Thanks!
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Old 03-20-2019
I dare to suggest this monster Smilie
Code:
grep -vFf <(grep -rowFf file.txt ./ | sort -t: -uk2 | cut -d: -f2 |
        awk '{print; print $0 "|found" > "report.txt"}') file.txt |
        sed 's/\([^:]*\)/\1|missing/' >> report.txt

--- Post updated at 20:40 ---

Code:
grep -vFf <(grep -rowFf file.txt ./ |
        awk -F: '!t[$2]++ {print $2; print $2 "|found" > "report.txt"}') file.txt |
        sed 's/\([^:]*\)/\1|missing/' >> report.txt

--- Post updated at 20:55 ---

Quote:
...regardless of case.
I forgot about the option "-i" in command "grep"
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RudiC
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Old 03-20-2019
I LOVE monsters like nezabudka's above!


Still I'd like to strip it down a bit, given your system allows for "process substitution" and the relevant / applied grep options. Try:
Code:
grep -hirof file.txt * | sort -u | tee >(grep -vif- file.txt | sed 's/$/|missing/') | sed '/|/!s/$/|found/'

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nezabudka
# 7  
Old 03-20-2019
Hi RudiC
I tried through "tee" output to the stderr, hence the my first varient with "cut", but I did not succeed.
I will write your code in my notes. Thanks
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