Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:09:01 -0600, Anthony E. Caudel wrote:
>
>
>>find <directory> -name '*' -exec fgrep -l <search phrase> \{\} \;
>>
>>This search all files for the search phrase.
>
>
> Using find with a separate call to grep for each seems a slow way to do
> things. What's wrong with fgrep -r ?
>
> fgrep -lr 'search phrase' directory
>
>
As it turns out, nothing! I was aware of fgrep but had never checked it
out. Is simpler and, it seems, a little faster than the find invocation.
Thanks Neil, time to modify my tips file.
Tony
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