RE: ls -R | grep char_string

["Kenrick, Chris" <Chris.Kenrick@praxa.com.au>]

Krzys writes:
>and  "mogrep" (below) knows
>what to do with binary and compressed files. -chris 

Unfortunately mogrep as implemented relies on the file 
names to determine the file type.  A neater way might
be to use the 'file' command to determine the file
type

eg:
csk@syd-de-unix:~$ file *
dl:            setgid directory
makefile,v:    make commands text
myfile:        gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last
modified:
 Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix
mygeekcode:    ASCII text
pkglists:      setgid directory
swgate:        setgid directory
swgate.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last
modified:
 Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix
test:          setgid directory
vncviewer:     empty
vncviewer.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows

Note that it picked up that myfile was a gzip file despite its name.

More information in man command.

- Chris Kenrick