From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 3 20:44:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 327B61065676 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:44:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473AD8FC18 for ; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 20:43:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n83Kh7R1033168; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:43:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:43:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 13:43:43 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Jon Radel Message-ID: <20090903204343.GA5708@thought.org> References: <20090902234324.GA1735@thought.org> <4A9F078A.1050800@radel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A9F078A.1050800@radel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: difficult-to-phrase question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:44:00 -0000 On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 08:02:18PM -0400, Jon Radel wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > guys, (of either gender) > > > > here's one that is a bit difficult to figure out how to ask, but > > here's my first shot: > > > > i'm looking for a file what contains string "S". the filename > > in this case has a zillion letters, but that beside the point. > > > > i can use grep to find "S" and grep gives me the file[s] that > > have the string. now, is there any easy way of reading that > > file, or deleting or otherwise munging that file? > > > > nutshell is that every time i reboot (into kde), kde wastes > > time/cpu spawning unwanted whatever: versions of konqueror, kttsd, > > ksayit, &c. [[i found these files in > > ~/.kde/share/config/session, about 20, dated may, 09 to oct 08. > > rm'ing the bunch would get rid of the instantiate problem, but > > having a script to diddle with a found string "S" would be > > useful esp'ly if the filename of pathname were long. > > > > i'll mouse swipe the string and fname to prove my point. > > thanks for any help. > > > > gary > > > > ps: if scripting this is too grizzly i'll do it in C and do an > > inline post of src and example use. > > > > Do you mean something like > > rm `grep -l S *` Or, more specifically, maybe $ cmd `grep -lr "S" *` [??] I'll try that on the string I was looking for. Polytropon, I have only the vaguest clue what your suggestion was, sorry. To Adam, yeah, I have indeed removed these surplus kde apps, but the session file is still there each time. So the apps are reinstantianted every time. --I'm going to blow them away. gary > > or am I completely missing the point of what you're trying to do? > > -- > > --Jon Radel > jon@radel.com -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 5.67a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php 10% slice of my latest novel: http://www.thought.org/10pc