Re: [Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Lex Trotman]

On 21 May 2014 19:05, Emil Brink  wrote:
> Assuming GNU grep, the --dereference-recursive (-R) option makes it follow
> symlinks when recursing directories.
>
> See GNU grep 2.18 manual:
> .
>

Yes, but the grep command generated uses the -r option, so its not
possible to use -R.

IIRC it was decided to do this to avoid infinite loops from cycles
created by links.

Also it seems silly that searching the contents of links to files
depends on using the recursive option at all.

Cheers
Lex

> Regards,
>
> /Emil
>
>
> On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Lex Trotman  wrote:
>>
>> On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen  wrote:
>> > I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would
>> > like
>> > to be able to search in those files.
>> >
>> > It works fine using:
>> > Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
>> > Geany: 0.21
>> > Caja 1.2.1
>> >
>> > The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
>> > Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
>> > Geany 1.22
>> > Caja 1.40
>> >
>> > What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?
>> >
>> > I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
>> > Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other
>> > nerdy
>> > things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!
>>
>> grep appears to not search links when its in recursive mode.  This is
>> the case even if its invoked from the command line.  If it is not in
>> recursive mode it does search links.
>>
>> There does not appear to be any solution to this problem, it is inside
>> grep.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kind regards
>> > Kim Ludvigsen
>> >
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Re: [Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Emil Brink]

Assuming GNU grep, the --dereference-recursive (-R) option makes it follow
symlinks when recursing directories.

See GNU grep 2.18 manual: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html#index-recursive-search-123
>.

Regards,

/Emil


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Lex Trotman  wrote:

> On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen  wrote:
> > I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would
> like
> > to be able to search in those files.
> >
> > It works fine using:
> > Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
> > Geany: 0.21
> > Caja 1.2.1
> >
> > The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
> > Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
> > Geany 1.22
> > Caja 1.40
> >
> > What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?
> >
> > I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
> > Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other
> nerdy
> > things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!
>
> grep appears to not search links when its in recursive mode.  This is
> the case even if its invoked from the command line.  If it is not in
> recursive mode it does search links.
>
> There does not appear to be any solution to this problem, it is inside
> grep.
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
>
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards
> > Kim Ludvigsen
> >
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Re: [Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Kim Ludvigsen]

2014-05-21 10:10 GMT+02:00 Lex Trotman :

> On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen  wrote:
> > I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would
> like
> > to be able to search in those files.
> >
> > It works fine using:
> > Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
> > Geany: 0.21
> > Caja 1.2.1
> >
> > The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
> > Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
> > Geany 1.22
> > Caja 1.40
> >
> > What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?
> >
> > I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
> > Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other
> nerdy
> > things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!
>
> grep appears to not search links when its in recursive mode.  This is
> the case even if its invoked from the command line.  If it is not in
> recursive mode it does search links.
>
> There does not appear to be any solution to this problem, it is inside
> grep.
>

I removed the tick for Recurse in subfolders, and now it is working. Thanks!

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Re: [Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Lex Trotman]

On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen  wrote:
> I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would like
> to be able to search in those files.
>
> It works fine using:
> Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
> Geany: 0.21
> Caja 1.2.1
>
> The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
> Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
> Geany 1.22
> Caja 1.40
>
> What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?
>
> I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
> Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other nerdy
> things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!

grep appears to not search links when its in recursive mode.  This is
the case even if its invoked from the command line.  If it is not in
recursive mode it does search links.

There does not appear to be any solution to this problem, it is inside grep.

Cheers
Lex


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[Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Kim Ludvigsen]

I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would
like to be able to search in those files.

It works fine using:
Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
Geany: 0.21
Caja 1.2.1

The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
Geany 1.22
Caja 1.40

What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?

I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other
nerdy things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!

-- 
Kind regards
Kim Ludvigsen
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