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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 2002 18:07:35 -0500
From:      "Bill Moran" <bill_moran2@hotmail.com>
To:        swear@attbi.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Argument list too long: limitation in grep? bash? FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <F32o48kwkrfxm8G8mcJ0000bf4c@hotmail.com>

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>From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
>
> > >  find . -name '*.html' -print | xargs grep __FILE__
>
>One might as well get in the habit of using the more robust
>
>     find . -name '*.html' -print0 | xargs -0 grep __FILE__
>
>Otherwise, the "-print" isn't needed at all; it's a default.

Very true.  Much like Greg pointed out, I'm using the correct
commands, I just need to start using them correctly ;)

-Bill

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