[NBLUG/talk] bash shell commands

[Jeremy Turner]

On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 09:30, Andru Luvisi wrote:
> On Linux you can use:
>   rgrep 'someting' ./dir
> or
>   find ./dir -type f -print0 |xargs -0 grep 'something'
> 
> -print0 and -0 are GNU extensions to find and xargs.  On systems with
> non-GNU find and xargs you can use:
>   find ./dir -type f -print |xargs grep 'something'
> 
> ...but you may have problems with filenames that have spaces and newlines
> in their names.
> 
> Andru

Another way to skin a cat:

find ./dir -type f -print -exec grep 'something' \{\}\;

Notice the -exec flag and the escaped {}; (necessary for the find
command).

This is helpful for making sure directory permissions are correct: 

chmod -R 644
find ./dir -type d -print -exec chmod 755 \{\}\;

Jeremy

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Jeremy Turner <jeremy at linuxwebguy.com>
The LinuxWebGuy
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