On Apr 4 10:11, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Hi, > > Richard Quadling, le Tue 04 Apr 2006 08:52:09 +0100, a écrit : > > grep -e%v%v -R *.c > > > > but this does nothing. Instead I get an error saying > > grep: *.c: No such file or directory > > Grep is not responsible for expansing the star. The shell is. Change > your shell ;)
I'd suggest to read the grep man page again, too. The -R option works for directories on the command line, not for files. What you're looking for is grep -e%v%v -R --include='*.c' . Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
