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Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for st
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Benno Schulenberg |
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Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs) |
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Sun, 11 Jun 2006 15:10:15 +0200 |
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t takahashi wrote:
> xargs is insufficient partly because it cannot efficiently call
> shell functions. this is important for a variety of reasons
> including being able to preprocess files. preprocessing can
> include uncompressing, unarchiving, and so on.
If one needs more complicated processing like this, one should write
a custom script, imho. (Later, if the script is general enough, it
might be worth including it in grep.)
> however, imho if there is to be a grep -r, it needs to not
> recurse symlinked dirs by default.
Agreed. But see bug #4354 on Savannah:
https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4354
> and i like the idea of grep improvements like allowing you to
> specify that there be no colon after the filename
Hmm? Where did find such proposal? And when would it be useful?
Benno
- please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), Santiago José Ruano Rincón, 2006/06/10
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), Benno Schulenberg, 2006/06/10
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), t takahashi, 2006/06/11
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), t takahashi, 2006/06/11
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs),
Benno Schulenberg <=
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), t takahashi, 2006/06/11
- Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs), Benno Schulenberg, 2006/06/12