On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:38 PM, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Subject: Re: [ast-developers] Feature request: AST grep -r
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>
>
>> I like to request that AST grep gets GNU grep's option -r to
>> recursively search a directory tree. IMO AST grep is superior to GNU
>> grep but the lack of easy search with GNU grep -r forces me to pick
>> GNU grep on such occasion :(
>>
>> Chris
>>
>
> Did you consider using
> tw grep
> for this?
>
> Another alternative with ksh93 is to use
> set -o globstar
> alias grep='command -x grep'
> grep pattern **/*
The problem is that I have to educate EVERY user in our system. Most
people learned Unix through Linux and almost every "Linux for Dummies"
book tells it's users to use grep -r string dir to search your home
directory.
The situation is hopeless.
Chris
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