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Date:	Wed, 9 Oct 2002 15:52:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Sheryl McKeown <iboulder AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	smckeown AT mac DOT com
Subject:	grep -i -R path32 * vs grep -i -R path32 *.vb*
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Better titled, "That dot thing again on Windows XP
Pro..."

Ok, again I'm trying to search recursively through a
directory structure looking for specific values.

According to grep --help grep -R should walk the
directory structure.  Cool.

So, "grep -i -R path32 *" returns, as expected,
.grep -i -R path32 *
IntelliLab/IntelliLab.vbp:Path32="..Build"
IntelliLab/IntelliLabR.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
IntelliLab/intellilabr.vbpold:Path32="Build"
LabTestMnt/LabTestMnt.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
Ordent/ordent.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
QC/qc.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
Reports/Reports.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
RsltsEnt/RsltsEnt.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"
RsltsInqry/ptresinq.vbp:Path32="..BUILD"

But I want to search only files with a specific
extension.  Enter the dot thing.  So I try
grep -i -R path32 *.vb*
which returns nothing.

I understand that the directories, technically, do not
have a . in the name, therefore they won't be 
searched.  The same reason grep -i -R path32 *.*
returns nothing.

So the question becomes, how do I grep a directory
structure and search only files with a specific name.
(I prefere a grep only solution vs "find . -name
"somefilename" -exec ...).

Thanks,
Sheryl



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