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From: "Noel L Yap" <yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com>
To: Polaris AT polaris DOT franken DOT de
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Message-ID: <85256AA3.005AAF35.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:30:34 -0400
Subject: Re: grep -r : permission denied
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What do you mean by "go into directories"?  Are you saying that "grep regexp
path/to/file" doesn't work?  Or are you trying to grep recursively?  If the
latter, use:
     find path/to -type f | xargs grep regexp

or:
     grep regexp `find path/to -type f`

Noel

Pierre Loic Herve wrote:

> ... but i still have a little problem :
[...]
> QUESTION why cant grep goto in directories ?

I have the same problem.

CU

-Polaris-

Polaris AT Polaris DOT Franken DOT de

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