> > > > never mind... figured it out myself. first attempt AFTER i made the > > post. > > > > some days you are better off not stepping out of your bed. > > > > sorry. > > > > Damian > > But posting the solution might help others :-) > > Anne >
ok, ;o) the command looks like this: grep -i -A 2 ~/CDs/* -e searchterm will look inside of every file in ~/CDs/ directory, the " -i " switch means 'ignore the difference between upper and lowercase' so it can find "Gaim" when i search for "gaim" , then "-A 2" means i want it to show me two lines After the matching line. and " -e searchterm" is... well, the search term. this one reports findings like this, for example: [user@localhost user]$grep -i -A 2 ~/CDs/* -e kylix /home/user/CDs/installers 7-kylix shit/ /home/user/CDs/installers 7-DATA.Z* /home/user/CDs/installers 7-_INST32I* where "installers 7" is the file in which "kylix" was found ( in this case means the title of the CD), and the rest of the lines are files and subdirectories... of course i made an alias for this on my .bashrc so i don't have to remember this stuff.. ;oP Damian
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