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Subject: Re: grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1 not being recursive.
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On Apr  4 10:11, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Richard Quadling, le Tue 04 Apr 2006 08:52:09 +0100, a écrit :
> > grep -e%v%v -R *.c
> > 
> > but this does nothing. Instead I get an error saying
> > grep: *.c: No such file or directory
> 
> Grep is not responsible for expansing the star. The shell is. Change
> your shell ;)

I'd suggest to read the grep man page again, too.  The -R option
works for directories on the command line, not for files.  What
you're looking for is

  grep -e%v%v -R --include='*.c' .


Corinna

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