in reply to How do I execute a shell command against each file in a directory and it's subdirectories? (was: looking for a quickie)

You can also use backticks from the command-line. For example, to do a recursive grep you could do this:

grep -i jacques `find / -type f -print`
UPDATE: Next time, tell us that you are on windows machine in the beginning. That sort of changes things. :)

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Re: Re: looking for a quickie
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 18, 2003 at 19:08 UTC
    LOL ... ok ok ... i'm a jerk!
    should have told you that it's a windows machine