GREP and the KERNEL.

[DigitalGod]

Hello All,
I want to search for different things in the Linux Kernel Source tree.
I know I can use grep but HOW do I get grep to search through EVERY
Directory and FILE to find then text I am looking for INSIDE the
Source files? Exa... main();

I had grep finding every instance of main.c BUT it never looked INSIDE
the files.

Any help would be great. TIA...


http://www.n2dvm.com

[Lew Pitcher]

Post by DigitalGod
Hello All,
I want to search for different things in the Linux Kernel Source tree.
I know I can use grep but HOW do I get grep to search through EVERY
Directory and FILE to find then text I am looking for INSIDE the
Source files? Exa... main();

Read the grep(1) manpage ("man 1 grep") and look for the -R (or -r
or --recursive) option. You want something like
grep -R 'main();' /usr/src/linux

HTH

[DigitalGod]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:08:50 -0400, Lew Pitcher

Post by Lew Pitcher

Post by DigitalGod
Hello All,
I want to search for different things in the Linux Kernel Source tree.
I know I can use grep but HOW do I get grep to search through EVERY
Directory and FILE to find then text I am looking for INSIDE the
Source files? Exa... main();

Read the grep(1) manpage ("man 1 grep") and look for the -R (or -r
or --recursive) option. You want something like
grep -R 'main();' /usr/src/linux
HTH

Hello,
This worked PERFECT!! Thanks a bunch. Another thing to add to MY LINUX
Bible.

[Trevor Hemsley]

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:38:12 UTC in comp.os.linux.questions, DigitalGod

Post by DigitalGod
Hello All,
I want to search for different things in the Linux Kernel Source tree.
I know I can use grep but HOW do I get grep to search through EVERY
Directory and FILE to find then text I am looking for INSIDE the
Source files? Exa... main();
I had grep finding every instance of main.c BUT it never looked INSIDE
the files.

find /usr/src/linux -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep -i string