[Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Kim Ludvigsen]

2014-05-21 10:10 GMT+02:00 Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com>:

> On 21 May 2014 17:28, Kim Ludvigsen <ludvigs at 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.
>

I removed the tick for Recurse in subfolders, and now it is working. Thanks!

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Kind regards
Kim Ludvigsen
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