Linux - Pattern Search

[Cap2010]

HI,<br>1)Wanted to search a name e.g.&nbsp;&nbsp;Tom in number of files<br>of my current directory and to redirect the output <br>to a file, so that I can see which all the<br>letters that has been written to Tom.<br><br>How to do it?<br><br><br>

 

[charlesy]

grep -l Tom * &gt;&gt; file

 

[AndyBo]

If you want to make it case insensitive, try:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>grep -li Tom * &gt;&gt; file<br></font><br><br>If you wanted to search for Tom or Thomas:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>egrep -li &quot;Tom¦Thomas&quot; * &gt;&gt;file<br><br>HTH