On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 09:30:36AM -0500, dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu wrote: > I think it would just be > > find . -type f | xargs grep pattern If you're using find, is there ant advantage to using xargs instead of find handling the filenames itself? find . -type f -exec grep pattern {} \; (Well, OK... I guess my version is a few more keystrokes...) -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d- s+: a- C++ UL++$ P+>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org