Wow - thanks for all the quick responses. I tried out each response. results
Alan Fargusson wrote a script [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ./findgrep.sh bind jp bind/zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:www.jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. bind/old.zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. bind/old.zone.mainline.com:www.jp.mainline.com. bind/old.zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. Does what I need but didn't allow me limit the search to only specific files. But a nice thing to have Don Sievert wrote - try cat *.conf |grep -n 'virtual' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat bind/zone* |grep -n jp 76:jp.mainline.com. 109:www.jp.mainline.com. 116:jp.mainline.com. Gave me the line number rather than the file name. Neale Ferguson wrote - grep -n "virtual" *.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> grep -n jp bind/zone* bind/zone.mainline.com:14:jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:47:www.jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:54:jp.mainline.com. Exactly what I needed + the line number. Christoph Hellwig wrote - grep -r foobar /etc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> grep -r jp bind/zone* bind/zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:www.jp.mainline.com. bind/zone.mainline.com:jp.mainline.com. Exactly what I needed Mark D Pace Senior Systems Engineer Mainline Information Systems 1700 Summit Lake Drive Tallahassee, FL. 32317 Office: 850.219.5184 Fax: 888.221.9862 http://www.mainline.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
