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Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but....
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lina |
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Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but.... |
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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:14:27 +0800 |
grep -l "yourstring" *.c
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:45 PM, DAVE HITCHMAN <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I have a directory structure, inside that are a number of .c source files. I
> want to find which of those files contain certain strings.
> In a DOS window using grep I would type
> grep "mystring" -i *.c
> this would result in a list of .c files containing the string.
>
> If I try similar strings with ubuntu even with ack-grep which is supposed to
> be an improvement I keep getting told that *.c no such file or directory.
>
> Even trying the various bizarre combinations of finds and execs that I have
> seen on the web I can't seem to do this very simple task. If Microsoft can
> have managed to provide find in files and various other similar things for
> over 20 years isn't it time I could do the same on a linux system without the
> need to spend 10 hours searching endless uninformative websites all lying
> about what works?
- grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., DAVE HITCHMAN, 2012/02/08
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but....,
lina <=
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., John Cowan, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., DAVE HITCHMAN, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., Bob Proulx, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., John Cowan, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., Bob Proulx, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., John Cowan, 2012/02/09
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., Pierre Gaston, 2012/02/10
- Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but...., John Cowan, 2012/02/09