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in reply to Re: Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix)
in thread Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix)

And if you're going to depend on non-standard grep options why not just depend on using zsh and use grep '\.\.\.\.\.' ./**/*.txt to let the shell do the find for you.

(Aside: zsh rules.)

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Re^3: Find file that contains "....." (command in Unix)
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 30, 2003 at 20:23 UTC
    Except that you run into trouble if you have to pass more files than will fit on a command line in your system.

    Makeshifts last the longest.

      No trouble at all, just a slightly different incantation.

      print -l ./**/*.txt | xargs grep '\.\.\.\.'

      (well, no trouble except that if your filenames may have spaces in them you'll need to use `-N' rather than `-l' and a GNUish xargs --null, but I digress . . .).

        And then we're back full circle.
        find . -name '*.txt' | xargs grep '\.\.\.\.'
        And if you have a GNUish xargs, chances are you have a GNUish grep that understands -r..

        Makeshifts last the longest.