Randall R Schulz pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2007 11:10, Ken Schneider wrote: >> ... >> >> cat file.txt | grep -i "word" might work if you onlt need to know if >> the "word" exists in the file. > > Oy. > > That recipe is functionally identical to 'grep -i "word" file.txt', > complicated only by the overhead of pushing everything through a pipe. > > The "-l" option is specifically there to modify the greps' operation in > the manner you suggest. >
Learn something new every week, used to be everyday but I'm retired now and don't want the pressure. Thanks. -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
