[NTLUG:Discuss] scratching head

[Fred James]

Steve Baker wrote:

> 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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OK - problem seen - but short of writing a program what would you 
suggest to get around it?

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