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Syed
Syed

Reputation: 2607

grep particular string from directory in Unix

I have list of compressed files in a directory /var/log/bb e.g. console.log.1.xz, console.log.2.xz etc. I would like to grep a particular string from these files in a single command. Any ideas on how to achieve this

I have been trying like this

sudo xzcat /var/log/bb | grep 'string'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 662

Answers (2)

Dudi Boy
Dudi Boy

Reputation: 4865

Suggesting:

grep -l 'string' $(find /var/log/bb -type f -name "*.xz")

Upvotes: 0

sseLtaH
sseLtaH

Reputation: 11217

Using find

find /var/log/bb -iname '*.xz' -type f -exec grep 'string' {} +

Using grep

$ grep 'string' /var/log/bb/*.xz

Upvotes: 1

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