Di Jun 25 09:33:00 2013
Good morning
Thank You for help.
On 20Jun2013 14:30, highsky...@yahoo.de <highsky...@yahoo.de> wrote:
| I start terminal:
|
| name@nameM57p:~$
|
| Is this the root?
No. It is your home directory, probably something like /home/name.
The command "pwd" will tell you ("print working directory").
*
What is the difference between root and home?
Is root where the program files are?
Ist home where the data files are?
| If you first cd to "/", the current directory
| would be the top of the tree and thus the search would be of all
| files. (At least, all files to which you have access.)
| *
| I do
| cd /
|
| name@nameM57p:~$ cd /
| name@nameM57p:~$
|
| Is this root?
Yes.
*
OK.
| A better command for your example might be:
|
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
|
| *
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
| Is this better then
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
Slightly. "*" will not match files/directories starting with a dot ("."),
like .ssh. That is a convention to "hide" configuration files as a
matter of convenience.
It may be what you want, or it may not.
*
So if I am searching for my data files like
text.txt
pic.gif
movie.avi
then it is the same and I can use both like:
grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
grep -r "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
?
Searching * will missing the "dot" names.
Searching "." will read everything, starting at the current directory
(which is called ".").
*
OK.
| which searchs the current directory downward, or:
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" / > resu.txt
|
| Is
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" / > resu.txt
| the smae like
| grep -r "thisismyAIM" * / > resu.txt
Same issue as above, yes. "dot" names versus all names.
*
OK
| Is
| grep -r -i "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
| and
| grep -i -r "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
| the same?
Yes.
*
So I can change
the options in the commands.
For commands where options just turn "modes" on an off (-i,
-r) the order generally does not matter.
*
OK
Thank You.
For a beginner like me this is a very important inforamtion.
Thank You.
For some commands the order
can matter: where different options overlap in the features they
control, or some rather dodgy commands where options and arguments
can be mixed on the line.
*
OK.
When in doubt, consult the manual page for the command (eg "man grep").
*
OK.
Regards
Sophie
Thank You.
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