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Old 06-02-2003
about grep on solaris8

there is -r switch for grep in linux, but in solaris 8, I found it doesn't support it. But I really need this function to rescue my
sub-directories, so anybody can help me?thanks!!
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Old 06-02-2003
Hi.

Try install the gnu version of grep on the solaris box.
It can be found at www.sunfreeware.com
its in solaris package format
install with pkgadd
the binary will be located in /usr/local/bin/
so be sure to run the right version of grep!

Hope that helps

/Peter
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Old 06-02-2003
ha, so good!thanks

let me try!
 
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