# The GNU/Linux crowd needn't worry yet
I get to do some simple command line stuff on a Solaris box at work. At first I was rather stoked, since I've only ever played with Linux before. The honeymoon didn't last long. As the saying goes, Unix *is* user-friendly, it's just choosy about who its friends are. So it is with Solaris. It's just a case of clambering up the learning curve, but jeez, the GNU tools are a delight in comparison.
Trying to do a grep on Linux, including subdirectories:
Trying to do a grep on Linux, including subdirectories:
grep -R PATTERN ./*The equivalent using Sun's grep? I had to google for it, and found this:
/usr/bin/find . | /usr/bin/xargs /usr/bin/grep PATTERNOr even better:
/usr/bin/find . -exec /usr/bin/grep PATTERN {} /dev/null \;
When you're blindly hitting keys on the keyboard trying to figure out how to navigate a man page, because the up and down arrow keys don't work, then you know you're in unfamiliar territory. At least I can now add 'know how to do a recursive grep on Solaris' to my CV.File under: techie : {2005.05.19 22:23}
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