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Subject: Re: Is it possible to search subdirectories from the command line....
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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:32:08 GMT
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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)
> -bash-2.03$ grep --version
> grep (GNU grep) 2.2

GNU grep expects to have the command line pre-globbed.  Use a dos
grep, or execute it through bash (I think).  Only . and .. are
normally understood.

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