Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 18:25:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: find and searching for specific expression in files Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905301824560.18929@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <200905301812.25320.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <dd6b168d2af9ddbcfc52e5c0397e4d6a.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <200905301412.50958.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905301755170.18381@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200905301812.25320.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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> > Cut off the message a bit later and you will see that using a '+' to terminate > the exec primitive emulates xargs behavior: thanks. i didn't know that > > On Saturday 30 May 2009 14:12:50 Mel Flynn wrote: >> I use + rather then ; so that one >> invocation for grep is done whenever maxarglen is hit (like if you used >> xargs(1)), rather then one grep per file. > > -- > Mel > >
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