recursive directories with grep

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From: Xaonon <xaonon@hotpop.com>
Subject: Re: Basic Grep question - I think.
Date: 20 Nov 2002 03:53:43 GMT References: <utm13srcq45j04@corp.supernews.com>

Ned i bach <utm13srcq45j04@corp.supernews.com>, Archie Campbell
<archie@accordsystems.com> teithant i thiw hin: 

> I discover grep.
> I can do
> grep 192.168.1.1 /etc/*.*
> 
> But this only does all the files in one directory.
> How do I do a search through that directory and all its sub-directories.
> I cant find it in my "Unix Weekend Crash Course" or in "man grep"

Perhaps something like

grep '192.168.1.1' /etc -d recurse

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Linux and BSD grep have "-d" which applies to directories and can take the argument "read", "skip", or "recurse".

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