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01-18-05, 11:32

gomes009

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searching text in a file in the current directory and all the subdirectories

I am trying to search "PATTERN" in one of the files from the current directory and all the subdirectories.

Any help is appreciated..

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01-18-05, 11:38

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man find

find . -type f | xargs grep 'PATTERN'

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Thanks Vlad..

You have been a great help!!

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