Re: Search in content of a IFS file

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guy,

Try:

    grep -R '110000890' .

The -R tells it to search what's inside a directory.  (Including files 
and subdirectories.)   The . character means "the current directory"



On 1/22/2012 12:47 PM, Guy Geboers wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> first I change the current directory :  cd /M3BE/env/PRD/Output
> next I execute the grep command : grep '110000890' *
>
> I recieve the following error : qsh:001-0085 : Too many arguments
> specified on command
>
> Guy
>
>
>
>
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> From:   "Mark S. Waterbury"<mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   18/01/2012 17:01
> Subject:        Re: Search in content of a IFS file
> Sent by:        midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> Guy:
>
> Use:    grep pattern filename
>
> Example:
>               grep 'test' *
>           will search all files in the current directory for lines that
> contain the pattern "test" ...
>
> Do this from Qshell (STRQSH or QSH).
>
> Then, change the current directory to the directory that contains the
> files you want to search, e.g.:
>
>       cd /QIBM/UserData
>
> Then issue the grep command, e.g.:
>
>       grep 'test' *
>
> The output will show each file name that contains a match, and the data
> found.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Mark S. Waterbury