How can I grep for a certain string recursively in all .htaccess files?
grep -r -n -H -I 'string' .htaccess
doesn't seem to work.
I'm on a GNU Linux system.
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A:
Use the --include option:
grep -rnHI 'pattern' --include=.htaccess .
Adam Rosenfield
2009-08-04 03:25:17
+2
A:
cd to a folder before the folders that store the htaccess
$find . -name ".htaccess" -exec grep -r -n -H -I 'string' {} \;
Ryan Fernandes
2009-08-04 03:26:30
no need to cd: $ find dir -name ...
William Pursell
2009-08-04 13:17:57
find is a powerful way to walk a directory tree, the exec flag is a nice way to run commands against the results of the find command.
Jim
2009-08-05 18:09:31
+1
A:
You can also specify to 'find' that it needs to look for regular files only:
$ find /usr/local -type f -name ".htaccess" -exec grep -rnHI 'pattern' {} \;
You can specify from where your search should begin. For this example, 'find' will look into all directories and sub directories under /usr/local.
Barun
2009-08-06 15:26:47