[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: grep using the recursive option
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: grep using the recursive option |
Date: |
Wed, 7 Mar 2012 09:07:36 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) |
Hello anonymous,
> grep -r index *.rb
this is a common misunderstanding. The issue is that shell performs
the "expansion" of *.rb before grep starts.
The recursive search is, in genereal case, done by a special tool
named find/xargs:
find . -name '*.rb' |xargs grep index
But the re are also other alternatives, like grep's --include option
or Z shell and its recursive expansion
grep -r index **/*.rb
And, BTW, this was not the right place to ask, you got this answer by
shere luck.
Regards,
Stepan Kasal
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- Re: grep using the recursive option,
Stepan Kasal <=