[NTLUG:Discuss] scratching head

[Carl Haddick]

> >Ah - that makes more sense...but it's still going to search non-text
> >files when the filename contains the string 'text'...which will result
> >in some interesting issues in some cases.
> >

First, many thanks to all who have contributed to this discussion.  If
you can motivate this many brain cells over a curious sig, we are
clearly an unstoppable force.  Kneel before us, mortals...

To skip non-text files that contain the string 'text', how about:

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

I understand there are some intense patent struggles out there these
days, so I wish to completely disclose that the prior pipeline is a
derivitive work, not original art.  I further assume that the GPL in
effect on portions of the above pipline (including, but not limited to,
'|' in bash, find, file, xargs, grep, and cut) covers my derivitive
research.

With humility to the giants on whose shoulders I stand,

Carl

PS - Oh, no!  I used backslash line continuation in a PUBLIC POST!
Doesn't Microsoft own the backslash?!?  How could I have been so stupid!

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