distinguishing a virtual vs. physical folder

[samf]

I use the command ln -s a lot to create symbolic links.

The problem is that I need to run a routine that looks for a specific string in ALL of my websites and I'd do it somehting like this:

cd /home
grep -R "function_enhanced_mail_v100.php" *

however, it's going to recurse all the "folders" and include symbolic links which I don't wish to do. Is there any way to prevent this?

Thanks,
Samuel

[Rubberman]

I would use the find command, which can be set to search or skip symbolic links to directories, and tell it to execute the grep command on files it finds if necessary.