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Unix 'grep' for a string within all gzip files in all subdirectories

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Mar 15, 202627833 views
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How do I grep for a string recursively through all files in all directories and subdirectories?

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.gz

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Fix for: Unix 'grep' for a string within all gzip files in all subdirectories

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@Steve Weet is almost there. The use of /dev/null as an additional argument is a nice way to force the filename to be shown (I'll remember that, thanks Steve) but it still runs the exec for every file found -- a huge overhead. You want to run zgrep …

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