Subj : Re: grep question
To   : comp.os.linux
From : bluekarthik
Date : Wed Aug 11 2004 08:10 am

Tryout.
find / -type f -exec grep -H <yourpattern> {} ;
really a good one.

karthik bala guru


robertharvey@my-deja.com (Robert E A Harvey) wrote in message news:<5acbdcbf.0408070514.37f6470c@posting.google.com>...
> lzman@mindless.com (gnosis) wrote in message news:<db0378b2.0408062017.9e51906@posting.google.com>...
> > How can I use grep to search every file on my computer for an expression?
> 
> find / -type f -exec grep -H <yourpattern> {} ;
> 
> will locate all regular files from root downwards, and then run the
> grep command on it.  The -H should display the file nameif grep
> succeeds.
> 
> man find
> man grep
> to check the syntax on your own system.  In particular you may need
> the odd \ to escape the bracket symbol, depending on how you are
> running the command.

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