Hi Johannes. Johannes Tax, 25.08.2007 23:16: > I'm trying to figure out how to find a certain string inside a bunch of > files. If I, for examples, look for a certain function in a large source > tree, I could do > > cat `find . -name '*.c'` | grep 'a_certain_function' > > but this seems quite awkward, furthermore it doesn't help that much > because I don't know in which file the string was found. Maybe there's a > tool that makes it possible to find a string in a bunch of files and > also to list in which file the string was found? Or any modification to > the command given above? Yeah, like this: $ grep -r 'a_certain_function' * Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules
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