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To: <kip@lyris.com>
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Subject: Re: open files
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:15:51 +0200
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<kip@lyris.com> writes:
> > Check grep(1) for what the "-a" option does.
> is a rather flippant way of telling me:
>    -a     Don't search in binary files.

It's a polite way of telling you to read the f* manual instead of
expecting us to handhold you through everything.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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