find . -name '*.html' -exec grep {} \; -print
----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry Hoekstra" <dutchman at uswest.net>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 11:03 AM
Subject: [TCLUG] Grep Question
> Greet the sun all:
>
> Question: How do you get grep to recursviely step through lower level
> directorys?
>
> I am doing the following command:
>
> grep -l 'some text' *.html
>
> and it will look in the current directory but no lower. I looked at the
> man pages and my 'Linux in a Nutshell' book but could find no -r option.
>
> --
> Perry Hoekstra
> E-Commerce Architect
> Talent Software Solutions
> perry.hoekstra at talentemail.com
>
>
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