Thank you for all suggestions. I got it works now. I'm new to bash and the * expansoin by bash kind of surprise me.
Wai-yip -----Original Message----- From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: grep -r *.java doesn't work as expected Wai-Yip Tung (wtung) wrote: > I try to grep all .java file recursively > > [/q/Workflow/AppAdmin/src/com/cisco/wf/admin] $ grep -rn systemRsrc > *.java > > Only files in the current directory is searched. > What's wrong? Nothing. This is the expected behaviour. The shell expands *.java, and then runs grep -rn file1.java file2.java file3.java - none of which are directories, so grep can't recurse into them. Try: find -name '*.java' | xargs grep -n systemRsrc Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/