Re^3: Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix)

Except that you run into trouble if you have to pass more files than will fit on a command line in your system.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re^3: Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix) by Fletch (Bishop) on Mar 31, 2003 at 18:52 UTC
No trouble at all, just a slightly different incantation. `print -l ./*/.txt \| xargs grep '\.\.\.\.'` (well, no trouble except that if your filenames may have spaces in them you'll need to use `-N' rather than `-l' and a GNUish `xargs --null`, but I digress . . .).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix) by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 31, 2003 at 21:04 UTC
And then we're back full circle. `find . -name '.txt' \| xargs grep '\.\.\.\.'` [download] And if you have a GNUish `xargs`, chances are you have a GNUish `grep` that understands `-r`.. Makeshifts last the longest.*	[reply] [d/l]