Difference between revisions of "Grep"

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==Include or exclude filename of matched file==
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  -H, --with-filename # Default if there are multiple files to search
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  -h, --no-filename # Default if there is only one file to search (or stdin)
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==grep with find==
 
==grep with find==
  

Revision as of 10:48, 20 January 2017

Include or exclude filename of matched file

 -H, --with-filename # Default if there are multiple files to search
 -h, --no-filename # Default if there is only one file to search (or stdin)

grep with find

Given the common grep command

grep -R 'pattern' *

a corresponding find -exec command should add -H to include the filename prefix in the results. (This is needed because the filenames are given one at a time.)

find … -exec grep -HR 'pattern' {} \;

If necessary, use the command from Find#Sorting_by_mtime to search on files in date order:

find … -printf '%T@ %p\0' |
sort -zk 1n | # 1n for oldest first, 1nr for newest first
sed -z 's/^[^ ]* //' |
xargs -0i grep -HR 'pattern' {}