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From: tiefel@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Lenny Tiefel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: grep
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.123025.18012@kodak.kodak.com>
Date: 23 Oct 90 12:30:25 GMT
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I have a main directory with hundreds of subdirectories, 
and I want to find a file with a particular string, say "xyz"
The grep command only works in one directory at a time. Is there
a way of searching my whole directory structure to find a file
with a particular string?

Thanks.

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Len Tiefel           tiefel@kodak.com