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Hi,

I'm trying to do the following and can't figure out how to achieve it.

On my computer there are a number of folders called 'program' at various levels.

I would like to search for these folders (that are below my current level) and then use egrep to search for a string within files that have a certain extension.

Thanks for any advice!

js

By the way, I'm using Solaris and the csh shell...

Use the find command

Code:

find ./ -type d -name "*program*"

Hi ctsgnb,

Thanks for that. I'm a complete newbie and so am now wondering how I can link the find command up with the egrep command, so that only the directories in the find results will be grepped.

Thanks!

js

the find command will already only display directory with a name matching *program*

OK. Thanks.

I actually knew about the find command before. My difficulty is getting the whole process done without having to manually feed in the found directories.

Anyone?

Cheers

Code:

find ./ -type d -name "*program*" | while read a
do
    grep -l PATTERN $a/*.ext
done

Hi Ctsgnb, Thanks for all the help. I really appreciate it.

Just in case anyone else is trying to run the above, you have to use Bash or Korn Shell.

Cheers