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grep -r -e aol.com /home/dirname/*.*/rules.ima Not bad for a stupid windows user. -----Original Message----- From: Anand Buddhdev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 10:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: search files for key words On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 10:28:42AM -0500, ListServ wrote: > How can I search thru multiple subdirectories and individual files looking > for key words? > Currently I have about 600 subdirectories each one having its own rules.ima > file. > > In particular I am looking for "@aol.com" references in all rules.ima files. Try: grep -r @aol\.com topdir where topdir is the top level directory where you want to begin searching. -- Anand Buddhdev http://anand.org _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list