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Re: problem in grep 2.4.2?
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: problem in grep 2.4.2? |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:08:06 -0800 (PST) |
> From: Mickey Ferguson <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 15:58:09 -0800
>
> Why is it that file specifications only work in the current
> directory, while recursion searches only work with no file specifications?
Because the shell handles file specifications like that; they're
expanded before grep sees them.
Recent versions of GNU grep should have an --include feature that
should do pretty much what you want. If you want something fancier,
you can use 'find' with 'xargs' and 'grep'; it will definitely do what
you want.