Re: very quick question :)

[Dave Sherohman <esper@usinternet.com>]

Andrew McRobert said:
> does anyone know the syntax of the 'grep' command to check all files on a
> machine for a pattern e.g. "lawpc34", I've been trying:
> 
> grep -r / -e lawpc34 -H &> lawpc34.log &
> 
> but that doesn't seem to work

grep requires that the last argument be a filespec telling it where to start.
Try

grep -r -H lawpc34 /* > lawpc34.log &

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