On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 06:38:31AM +0000, Subba Rao wrote: >Hi > >I have a directory of 10000+ text files and would like to search for >some strings in these files. When I tried using "grep" command with an >asterisk, I get the error message somthing to the effect, > > "File argument list too long" > How about an foreach loop foreach v (/path/to/files/*.txt) grep foo $v end in tcsh would do it. -- Ben Lutgens Cell: 651.387.9065 Home: 651.703.9541 Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (T)hrowup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org