Pete Holsberg wrote: > Brian McKee keyed the following on 8/12/2007 12:01 PM: > > Grep has a recursive option - save your typing :-) > > > > grep $word -r $directory > > Is that a GNU enhancement? It wasn't in SVR4 or Solaris as far as I can > remember. Yes, seems to be GNU specific because man 1posix grep doesn't show the -r option. Nils