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Re: grep -R "include" *.c --- not working
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Bob Proulx |
Subject: |
Re: grep -R "include" *.c --- not working |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:00:29 -0600 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
Eric Backus wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote in message
> >Call me a purist but I still think finding files is best left to find.
> > find . -name '*.c' -print0 | xargs -r0 grep include
>
> find . -name '*.c' -print0 | xargs -r0 grep include /dev/null
>
> This ensures that grep always preceeds the match with a filename, even if
> there's only one file found.
Yes, of course, I forgot that. I usually leave it off simply to save
typing. If I actually hit that case I would react to it. But I
should have included it in my example.
Thanks
Bob