simple grep command

[Chrissirhc]

Hi,

I'd like to grep for a string in particular set of files in a directory, without moving these files.

so I have in the diretory

chris1.log
chris2.log
chris3.log
chrisn.log
...
chris104.log

I'd like to find the string only in chris50.log through to chris60.log .

How would I do this?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[KenCunningham]

grep <string> chris5[0-9].log will give you 50 to 59. Do you need 60 included?

 

[Chrissirhc]

Thanks,

I didn't realise you could use the regular expressions for the files. I had already tried this but forgot to put the .log at the end so assumed it didn't work.

If I needed the 60 what could I have done?

PS I posted something about the ps and top command just yesterday you wouldn't happen to know the answer?

Thanks,

Chris

 

[KenCunningham]

Just add the chris60.log to the end of the above command. I'll take a look at the ps/top question. Cheers.