On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 02:22:19PM -0700, Rognes, Sten wrote: > > > Does anyone have a command that will grep for all files in a file system > > that contain a string like "sqlplus"? > > I can do it within a directory, but I want it to look at all the > > directories. > > find . -type f -print | xargs grep sqlplus just plain grep will do, use the '-R' flag $ grep -R sqlplus / man grep GNU: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?grep or BSD: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=grep Also note the --binary-files flag. -Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------