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From: glex@uh.msc.umn.edu (Jeffrey Gleixner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: grepping a linked directory
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Date: 30 Dec 89 16:35:19 GMT
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Reply-To: glex@uh.UUCP (Jeffrey Gleixner)
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	I have a file that is soft linked to another directory and I
	want to be able to search through all of my files and the linked
	file for a certain expression.  So I use

	% grep -l whatever `find . -print`

	But find "does not follow symbolic links to other files or
	directories".

	The above use to work but I have been moved to another machine
	and the filesystems are Networked.  (i.e. I'm on "mach1> in /k2" 
	while the file I want is "mach2> /k1/bogus".) 

	Can anyone point me in the right direction?

	Thanks for your time.  (Go Vikings!!)


glex@msc.umn.edu