Re: puTTy help


Todd H. wrote:
"fnibogey" <finbogey@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Please help a total noob. I'm using puTty to access a linux server. I
grep strings from compressed directories. I would then like to be able
to search those results on my puTTy screen. Is this possible?

Yes, but it's neither an ssh or putty question really. It's more of a
unix shell question. But try this:

$ strings bigdirectoryiwannagrep/* | grep myfavoritegrepstring | less

Space bar pages down, b takes you back a screen in less anyway,
capital G to get to the end, capital P to get back to teh beginning.

If less isn't available as a pager on that system, try

$ strings bigdirtory/* | grep blah | more

More more info:

$ man less
$ man more

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/

Thanks Todd, I'll try these.

So I take it there is no way to actually search these results of a grep
short of outputting it to a text file and searching that?

The guy next to me uses a Mac and his terminal program lets him search
the screen. It would save a few steps.


Grant

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