grep annoyance!

[Alex LeDonne]

> > I don't know if there is an option for grep ... it would be nice
> ... but
> > you can use find's -exec feature in conjunction with grep like
> this:
> > 
> > 
> > find . -iname "*.c" -exec grep include {} \;
> > 
> > It will search below the current directory for any file ending in
> .c or
> > .C and grep anything it finds for the string "include".
> 
> What I dislike about that method is that it doesn't include the
> filename 
> of where it found the text.  I tend to use:
> 
> find . -name "*.c" | xargs grep include
> 
> 	--Ted

To use "pure" find and still get filenames:

find . -iname "*.c" -exec grep include /dev/null {} \;

This way grep has 2 file arguments each time through, so it displays
the filename of the match. And grep against /dev/null doesn't add much
time to the process.

-A


		
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