Re: Search in files with particular extension

[Bob Proulx]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > >        How do i restrict the search with files of particular extension 
> > > using "grep" command.
> > 
> > Use the find command.  Example to only grep through html file.
> > 
> >   find . -name '*.hmtl' -print0 | xargs -r0 grep PATTERN
> 
> This is no longer needed, with reasonably current GNU Grep.  The
> following is much faster and easier to type:
> 
>    grep -R PATTERN . --include="*.html"

Using find has the advantage that it works with all of the utilities
uniformly and one does not need to learn the particular details that
apply only to grep.

> It also has an extra bonus of not requiring find and xargs.

A system that has grep but not find is not a usable system, IMNHO. :-)

Bob