Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 14:52:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to search subdirectories from the command line....
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Martin Str|mberg wrote:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> : Try this:
> 
> : 	application .../*.cpp
> 
> : (that's 3 dots before the slash).
> 
> Hmm... Why isn't grep working then?:
> 
> -bash-2.03$ pwd
> /djgpp/src.compiling
> -bash-2.03$ grep islower .../*.c
> grep: .../*.c: No such file or directory (ENOENT)

Because you invoke Grep from Bash.  Bash expands the command-line 
arguments itself and passes them to the application in a way that 
disables the expansion by the app (via spawn*).  Try from command.com.