Recursive grep (grepr) for Solaris
So if you’re a Linux user that’s ever used Solaris, you know that a lot of the commands don’t translate exactly the same. One such issue is the lack of a recursive flag (-R) on the grep command. Not a problem though, bash is a powerful thing. Here’s my solution to the problem:
#!/bin/bash
# Simulates the Linux grep with the recursive flag -R Originally built to
# keep my sanity on older Sun Solaris installs.
#
# @author Josh Sherman
# @link http://joshtronic.com
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: grepr.sh pattern path"
exit
fi
if [ -z "$2" ]; then
SEARCH_PATH="."
else
SEARCH_PATH="$2"
fi
for i in </span><span class="token function">find</span> $SEARCH_PATH<span class="token variable">; do
RESULTS=$(grep "$1" $i)
if [ "$RESULTS" ]; then
echo
echo "$i:"
echo "$RESULTS"
fi
done