[SWLUG] locating bits of code in large number of files

[Paul G. Richardson]

Neil,

grep -r is a recursive search so something like grep -r getS *.html will 
list all those html files from the current dir and subdirectories that 
match. If too long pipe through more.

PGR

Neil Jones wrote:
> I am sure this is a very very simple question but I cant think how to answer 
> it. Maybe I have been too long at the keyboard today.
> 
> It is quite simple to describe. On my large website I have thousands of static 
> pages. I am now getting to the point where I am converting the whole thing to 
> a dynamic system. I am using URL rewiriting to make this transparent.
> 
> Now In the process of doing this I am looking for certain pages that have a 
> piece of javascript code on them. I know it is on some and I know it is not 
> on others but I am not sure which they are.
> 
> I can search a single directory with the command
> 
> cat *.html | grep getS 
> 
> My question is simple. Given that I have one root directory with dozens of 
> subdirectoriess below it. ( They only go one deep - there are no directories 
> within directories) How do I make a single command list the examples from all 
> the files.
> 
> All I really need is a count of the number of files with and without the code 
> as I am actually looking for what will change under the new system. I can 
> work this out from a count of those with. Listing a line for every example is 
> good enough for me to do this.
> 
> 
> One complication my hosting , which was chosen 5 years ago before I learned 
> about the wonders of Linux, is on FreeBSD.
> 
> TIA 
> 
> Neil
> 
>  
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