Re: grep -R "include" *.c --- not working

[Bob Proulx]

Stepan Kasal wrote:
> Damian Gutierrez wrote:
> > > grep -R "include" *.c
> 
> this searches for *.c in current dir.  There is no such file.
> This doesn't search subdirectories.
> 
> What you meant is
>         grep -R --include='*.c' include .

Call me a purist but I still think finding files is best left to find.

  find . -name '*.c' -print0 | xargs -r0 grep include

Bob