> Hi,
>
> sorry to sound like a novice but what is the -r option for?
man grep
-r, --recursive
Read all files under each directory, recursively;
this is equivalent to the -d recurse option.
>
> ` 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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