On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen <ludvigs@kimludvigsen.dk> wrote:
> I have a folder with symbolic links to files in various places. I would like
> to be able to search in those files.
>
> It works fine using:
> Linux Mint 13 (maya), kernel Linux 3.2.0-23-generic
> Geany: 0.21
> Caja 1.2.1
>
> The search in the folder with symbolic link files does not work using:
> Linux Mint 14 (nadia), kernel Linux 3.5.0-17-generic
> Geany 1.22
> Caja 1.40
>
> What can I do to make it work at my Linux 14 machine?
>
> I am not a technical minded person, I can use the menu Search => Find in
> Files and enter a search term, I have no idea how to use grep or other nerdy
> things, thus I am looking for an non-geeky solution, thanks!

grep appears to not search links when its in recursive mode.  This is
the case even if its invoked from the command line.  If it is not in
recursive mode it does search links.

There does not appear to be any solution to this problem, it is inside grep.