Unix Tip #4333- January 21, 2024


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SEARCH SEVERAL FILES


To search several files for a
string which you know sparsely,
the following searching technique
would be useful:

#grep .*.*<... part>
or,
#ls|xargs grep .*.*<... part>


This will print all the filenames
and lines which consists of
"<0 to any number of
characters><0 to any
number of characters>
......"

For example, you want to search a
data structure among several header
files where it has been declared
not where it is being used.

If the data structure be XYZ, then
search will be:

#grep }.*XYZ

because you know it might be how
XYZ has been declared,
struct {
.....
.....
} XYZ
You don't know exactly how many
blank characters are there
unless you count them. But when XYZ
will be used it will be
done as follows(for example):

XYZ *xyz;

and you don't want them to find out
as they will be coming
in several header or C files.


This tip generously supported by: dipakb@cdotd.ernet.in

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