Hi,

sorry to sound like a novice but what is the -r option for?

` grep -r "$string" * `

It does not seem to be listed in my unix refernce book.

regards, Aim.

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Ramprasad wrote:

> James Ferree wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking to write a script that will look in a
> > file for a list of text strings to search for like
> >
> > req_aaaa
> > req_bbb
> > req_ccc
> >
> > and search all the files in a subdirectory and below
> > for the string, if it is found, then it prints out the
> > the original string followed by the file name for each
> > instance where it is found.  If it gets through all
> > the files and finds none, the it prints out the
> > original string and the Words NOT FOUND.
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> > Jim
>
> quiet a simple problem
> why dont u try the code yourself
>
> the algo may run like this
>     write a function to get all filenames with respect to current
> directory  into an array
>     write a function that accepts a filename and returns the the lines
> that match your string
>      foreach of the array run the function and print the output
>
> but IMHO doing this in perl does not seem to be the best option
> If you are using unix like system  just try getting grep
>
> Your entire script is over in just one line ` grep -r "$string" * `
>
> Bye
> Ram
>
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