GREP

[straz@cambridge.apple.com (Steve Strassmann)]

 >To: info-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
 >Subject: GREP
 >Date: Wed, 02 Feb 94 16:18:03 -0500
 >From: wsack@media.mit.edu
 >
 >Has anyone implemented a grep facility in MCL?  I am looking for a
 >means to quickly search through the text of a large number of files. 
 >Thanks,
 >
 >Warren Sack

Try "Search Files" under the "Tools" menu.

If you don't want the dialogs, you can just call this directly:

(files-containing-string "foo" (directory "ccl:mydir;**;*.lisp"))

Remember that "**" expands into a directory tree, while "*" expands
a single level of a directory or file name.