How to recursively grep the pattern inside the directory?

Question

I would like to grep all string patterns which are start with the: student_ , then any numbers of symbols(letters and digits) and end with the .tcl

Answer 1

grep "student_[[:alnum:]]*\.tcl" *

Answer 2

If you're using vim 7, it comes with a build in grep function that puts the result in a quicklist-window.

try

:vimgrep /^student_/ **/*.tcl

** makes the search recursivelly

To search in current directory only, use:

:vimgrep /^student_/ *.tcl

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