[Geany-Users] Search in symbolic link files

[Emil Brink]

Assuming GNU grep, the --dereference-recursive (-R) option makes it follow
symlinks when recursing directories.

See GNU grep 2.18 manual: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html#index-recursive-search-123
>.

Regards,

/Emil


On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Cheers
> Lex
>
>
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards
> > Kim Ludvigsen
> >
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