[NTLUG:Discuss] scratching head

[Steve Baker]

Carl Haddick wrote:

> In other words, type all lines in all text files that contain at least
> three arbitrary characters, skipping lines that are 0, 1, or 2
> characters in length.
> 
> Did I get it right? Do I win anything?

That's certainly what it does...the question is why? - and why is it in
someones .sig ?

>>  find . -type f | xargs file | grep -i text | cut -f1 -d: | xargs grep "..."

...and if that's what it does, it's got a bug in it.  Suppose I have file called:

    texture_map.png

...well, let's just say it's not going to be a pretty sight!
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