Re: grep.... I know I am new to ubuntu but....

grep -l "yourstring" *.c

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:45 PM, DAVE HITCHMAN <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have a directory structure, inside that are a number of .c source files. I want to find which of those files contain certain strings.
> In a DOS window using grep I would type
> grep "mystring" -i *.c
> this would result in a list of .c files containing the string.
>
> If I try similar strings with ubuntu even with ack-grep which is supposed to be an improvement I keep getting told that *.c no such file or directory.
>
> Even trying the various bizarre combinations of finds and execs that I have seen on the web I can't seem to do this very simple task. If Microsoft can have managed to provide find in files and various other similar things for over 20 years isn't it time I could do the same on a linux system without the need to spend 10 hours searching endless uninformative websites all lying about what works?