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Their are lot of files under the dir prod. I would like to get the file name which contain the word hello.


File name firstprog.txt
Dir structure : t01/Admin/prod

I am using the below and does not work
/t01/Admin# grep -l hello /t01/Admin/* ( I am in the Admin dir and grep)

/t01/Admin/prod# grep -l hello /t01/Admin/prod ( I am in the prod dir and grep)

If I do a grep from /t01/Admin/prod# grep hello *.txt I get output firstprog.txt

Perform a recursive search in the directory (gnu grep only AFIK)

Code:

grep -rl hello /t01/Admin

Or use find to grep each file, (works on all unix variants AFAIK)

Code:

find /t01/Admin -type f -name \*.txt -exec grep -l hello {} \;

This is what I get when I used grep -rl hello /t01/Admin

grep: illegal option -- r
Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .

Using find /t01/Admin -type f -name \*.txt -exec grep -l hello {} \; I did not get any output.

Thanks for the quick response.

2 questions,
Is Admin a symlink, because the find command above works for me on Linux and Solaris...
what happens when you remove the -name \*.txt parameter?

Admin is symlink ( lrwxrwxrwx). No output if the emove the name \*.txt parameter.
This is the OS release and Version I am using SunOS ssunas995 5.10 Generic_118833-36 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V445

If Admin is a symlink, try...

Code:

find /t01/Admin/ -type f -name \*.txt -exec grep -l hello {} \;

Edit The Posix definition stipulates that when you refer to a symlink to a directory without the trailing slash it is the link "file" itself that you are addressing rather than the target

Great it worked. Thanks a lot. Appreciate the time you spent.