Im trying to learn some bash script writing and cleaning out some old CDs (remember those?)
What I have is a bunch of backup CDs with no rhyme or reason to them so I'd like to create a grep script that will search them based on keywords. (I'm currently trying to test the script first against the desktop) I know how to run grep, but its the scripting I'm having trouble with.
So here's what I have:
#!/bin/bash
#CDGrepScript
SOURCEDIR=/home/name/Desktop (I'm currently testing it with files on the desktop)
#mount /dev/cdrom
#SOURCEDIR=/dev/cdrom
echo "hello, $USER. I will search your files"
echo Begin Search...
grep -ir "taxes|personal|School" *
echo $results
echo "The search is complete. Goodbye"
exit
Now when I run this against files on the desktop. My script hangs after "Begin search" What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the help