Re: format grep ouput

[andy baxter <andy@earthsong.free-online.co.uk>]

BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2:30 pm, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>   
> > Try this.  It's untested but should nudge you in the right direction.
> >     
>
> Almost, it prints each word on a separate line, but I'll pursue the
> idea.
>
> Thank you,
>
> rd
>   
grep -R 'the' * | (of=""; while read f l ; do if [ "$f" != "$of" ] ; 
then echo ; fi; echo $f $l ; of=$f; done)

will put a linebreak after every new filename, as long the none of the 
filenames have spaces in.