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Zombo
Zombo

Reputation: 1

grep current directory only

I would like to search all the files in the current directory only. I tried this

grep foo *

but I get this error

grep: bar: Is a directory

I also tried this

grep -r foo

but this is searching subdirectories as well.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1909

Answers (2)

Mosd
Mosd

Reputation: 1682

This is actually a comment, just don't have enough reputation to place it as a comment. your 1st answer is actually correct.

if bar is a directory within the same directory you want to search files and you don't like the error. It can also be simple just to do away with error. e.g.
grep foo * 2> /dev/null

Upvotes: 0

ruakh
ruakh

Reputation: 183371

Depending on your version of grep, you may be able to write:

grep --directories=skip foo *

Upvotes: 4

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