Randall R Schulz wrote: > Grep _will_ search in files found throughout a directory hierarchy, > but that's not it's default mode of operation. Look into the "-R" / > "-r" / "--recursive" option and the associated "--include" and > "--exclude" options.
I didn't know about --include/--exclude - much simpler than find and xargs! Thanks! > Also, I don't know what you intend by your use of "-m" That would be "-rn", as in the contraction of "-r -n" :-) Max Bowsher. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/