Re: Search for string in files

[Johannes Tax <jo.ey@gmx.at>]

On [Sat, 25.08.2007 13:15], Mike Bird wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> grep -l 'a_certain_function' $(find . -name '*.c')

That's exactly what I need. It also shows that I have to investigate the
grep command a little bit further ...

Thanks a lot.

Johannes

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