On 3/27/25 10:29 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 03:00:21PM -0600, home user via users wrote:
Good afternoon,
I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
(but without the brackets). This
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 03:00:21PM -0600, home user via users wrote:
Good afternoon,
I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
(but without the brackets). This often works. But it sometimes fails whe
On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 17:39 -0600, home user via users wrote:
> On 3/26/25 4:14 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 15:47 -0600, home user via users wrote:
> > > A co-worker back in the late 1980's gave that "find" line. I'm curious:
> > > did "grep" have the -r option back t
On 3/26/25 4:14 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 15:47 -0600, home user via users wrote:
A co-worker back in the late 1980's gave that "find" line. I'm curious: did
"grep" have the -r option back then?
Maybe my memory is faulty but I don't remember grep ever not having th
On 3/26/25 2:49 PM, Go Canes wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM Jerry James wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
wrote:
I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
[...]
Ho
On Wed, 2025-03-26 at 15:47 -0600, home user via users wrote:
> A co-worker back in the late 1980's gave that "find" line. I'm curious: did
> "grep" have the -r option back then?
Maybe my memory is faulty but I don't remember grep ever not having the
'-r' option and I've been using it since the
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM home user via users
wrote:
> The sub-tree I'm searching is loaded with huge binary files along with some
> ".txt" files. The searches take several minutes each. How do I restrict the
> search to ".txt" files? ...
Same as my previous reply, adding .txt to the w
On 3/26/25 3:52 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 3/26/25 2:49 PM, Go Canes wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM Jerry James wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
wrote:
I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
find . -type f -print | xar
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM Samuel Sieb wrote:
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> On 3/26/25 2:49 PM, Go Canes wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM Jerry James wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
> >> wrote:
> >>> I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I us
On 3/26/25 3:17 PM, Jerry James wrote:
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
wrote:
Good afternoon,
I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
(but without the brackets). This often wor
On 3/26/25 2:47 PM, home user via users wrote:
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The sub-tree I'm searching is loaded with huge binary files along with
some ".txt" files. The searches take several minutes each. How do I
restrict the search to ".txt" files? ...
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM Jerry James wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
> wrote:
> > I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use
> > this:
> >
> > find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
[...]
> > How do I get this t
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM home user via users
wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
> I'm trying to search a directory sub-tree for a specific string. I use this:
>
> find . -type f -print | xargs grep -l [string] /dev/null
>
> (but without the brackets). This often works. But it sometimes fails whe
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