[NTLUG:Discuss] scratching head

[Fred James]

Chris Cox wrote:

> 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 "..."
>>>
>
> Ok guys... this simple one line is used to find a piece of text
> in all text files within a directory.
>
> The "..." is mere elipses... you fill in the string you are looking for.
>
> I know this is the correct answer, because most people know this
> is one of my favorite one liners.
>
>>
>>
>> ...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!
>
>
> Uh... ok.  But I think you're saying that because you assumed the
> elipses was a literal grep '...', a valid misunderstanding.
>
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No, I think that is a valid point - "grep -i text" is going to grab all 
from "xargs file" that contain that string (regardless of case), and 
that would include "texture_map.png" if it exists, would it not?

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