You could try doing a recursive find and piping it through xargs grep 'ComputerName'. ex: find /etc | xargs grep 'ComputerName' On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 15:26, George Gambill wrote: > Need to change the "computer name" without reloading RH 7.2. > > Looking at the man pages for Grep, it (grep) seems to only look in the > current directory. > > How can I grep 'ComputerName' through all subdirectories? > > Thnx > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- --Eric Andresen ndiin@asu.edu