#! /bin/ksh #Find all files that contain johnf14246/gen_mail_states all_files=`ls *.html` print "$all_files" change_list="" for file in $all_files do print "Now working on $file" anything=`egrep "johnf14246/gen_mail_states" <$file` print "grepping $file" if [[ -n $anything ]] then change_list="$change_list $file" print "$file has been added to the change list." fi done #end of script