Question

fgrep -ircl --include=*.{sql} "[--]" * doesn’t seem to be doing the trick. Please help…

Thanks for the responses guys. I am trying to replace the ‘–‘ with ‘#’ and am having a tough time. I created a new question here. If you could help, that had be awesome.

Answer 1

If you want to fgrep all files that end with .sql then use

fgrep -ircl --include=*.sql -- -- *

or (note the comma in {sql,}:

fgrep -ircl --include=*.{sql,} -- -- *

If you want to fgrep more than one type of extension, then use something like

fgrep -ircl --include=*.{sql,txt} -- -- *

As others have already mentioned, the first -- tells fgrep to stop looking for flags and options. The second -- is the fixed-string pattern.