# How do I do indexing recursively on some directory in linux?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 18, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614 "2018-07-18T19:36:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![crowlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crowlogic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crowlogic)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614/1 "2018-07-18T19:36:10Z")

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how do I do indexing recursively on some directory in linux?

I just want to compare the base functionality that recoll does for linux, [http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/](http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/) for example. I'm not wanting to write some program to feed the data in via sockets.. is it possible?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614/2 "2018-07-18T21:10:54Z")

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[FSCrawler](https://github.com/dadoonet/fscrawler) might help.

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**Author:** ![crowlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@crowlogic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/crowlogic)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614/3 "2018-07-18T23:21:30Z")

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That looks like just the thing I was needing, thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-do-indexing-recursively-on-some-directory-in-linux/140614/4 "2018-08-15T23:21:33Z")

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Closed on August 15, 2018, 11:21pm UTC

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