Re: Finding files containing 'string'

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Subject: Re: Finding files containing 'string'
From: Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:34:28 +0000
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Andy Green wrote:

Paul Howarth wrote:

$ grep -i -r -l 'string' /place/to.start/searching



Interesting gotcha with grep... doesn't look in files beginning with .
when used like this.


Huh?

$ mkdir testdir
$ echo This is a test > testdir/.testfile
$ grep -i -r -l this testdir
testdir/.testfile

Paul.

References:
- Finding files containing 'string'
  - From: Anne Wilson
- Re: Finding files containing 'string'
  - From: Paul Howarth
- Re: Finding files containing 'string'
  - From: Andy Green