On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 19:58:39 -0600, Dale wrote:

> > > find <directory> -name '*' -exec fgrep -l <search phrase> \{\} \;

> > fgrep -lr 'search phrase' directory
 
> Same output just a shorter command. 

One command versus one command plus a separate invocation of grep for
each and every file in the search path.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Bother," said Pooh, as he started up DiskSalv

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