Thank you all very much for the examples. It really helped! Ron -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 4:50 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re:Grep entire file system > find ./ -type f -exec grep -i -l 'sqlplus' {} \; > ---------------------------------------------- Friends don't let friends use -exec This is several orders of magnitude faster: find . -type f -print | xargs grep -i sqlplus Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------