On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 12:01:17PM +0100, Clive Standbridge wrote:
> > Search all files under the home directory (recursively) with an
> > extension of .txt
> > for the keyword "xorg":
> >
> > grep -r xorg ~/*.txt
>
> That looks like a misunderstanding. That command actually causes grep
> to search
> (a) files matching *.txt in the home directory.
> (b) files of ANY name, contained in subdirectories named *.txt in the
> home directory.
>
> To search all files under the home directory (recursively) with an
> extension of .txt, you will need to use find .. | xargs or find
> .. -exec ... {} + as discussed previously,
I guess you're looking for:
grep -r --include='*.txt' xorg ~
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