> > grep -b. but in general if the bio library had an option to output > > line-wise, then the problem could be avoided. otherwise, one would need to > > mux the output. > > > to quote you, erik, > > pipes still preserve write boundaries, as does il > > so, hopefully, a dumb pipe to cat would do the job...? :^) > > grep-single-directory:VQ: $FILES_IN_THE_DIR > grep $regex $prereq | cat
i think you still need grep -b, because otherwise grep uses the bio library to buffer output, and bio doesn't respect lines. - erik