Joseph Joshua <okikijoshua...@gmail.com> writes:
$ ls -l /path/to/directory
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 20 May 17 12:34 file1.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 15 May 17 12:34 file2.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 May 17 12:34 subdir
Does this mean that the actual name of the directory is
/path/to/directory, or is that a placeholder for the real name?
Although that isn't likely to matter much.
And since you're running "grep -r" and grep is looking into files in
subdirectories, for completeness, what is "ls -alR"?
> 3. **Output and Errors**:
> ```plaintext
> $ script -c "grep -r 'specific_pattern' /path/to/directory" output.log
> Script started, file is output.log
> The build failed because the process exited too early. This probably
> means the system ran out of memory or someone called `kill -9` on the
> process.
> Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
> Try 'grep --help' for more information.
> Script done, file is output.log
> ```
Can you please check whether lines containing "The build failed because
the process exited too early" or "Usage: grep" occur in any of the files
in /path/to/directory?
But as others have noted, telling us what "specific_pattern" is is
essential if we're to give you any help.
Dale
