find . -exec grep ARG {} \;

where ARG is what I enter to the alias ?

How can I get the filename where the grep command finds something ?

/Roger

With a shell script :

#!/bin/sh
grep $1 find . -print

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csh MAY be special, but aliases in any shell I use don't take arguments
- you need to define a function instead.

        Ed.

If I recall correctly, csh aliases take arguments as history references,
e.g. !!:1

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alias rgrep '/bin/find . -type f -exec /bin/grep \!$ {} \;'

and you invoke rgrep as:

rgrep ARG

change the paths to 'find' and 'grep' executables to their
proper locations. They are better hardcoded, for it might just
happen that 'find' &/or 'grep' themselves are aliased and
then 'rgrep' might not function as expected.

If you want your alias to take just one argument, then use

alias rgrep '/bin/find . -type f -exec /bin/grep \!:1 {} \;'

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This was exactly what I was looking for!

/Roger

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