Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 22:31:22 -0500 (EST) From: Fuzzy <fuzzy@pooh.ASARian.org> To: Kurt Bigler <kkb@breathhost.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Argument list too long: limitation in grep? bash? FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0212242229490.13106-100000@pooh.ASARian.org> In-Reply-To: <BA2E2A0E.594F%kkb@breathhost.net>
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Kurt Bigler wrote: > The success of the second item maybe gives a clue how to approach the first. > Maybe try something like this: > > ls | grep .html > temp > > edit temp to insert "grep " at the beginning of each line > e.g. in vi use > :%s/^/grep __FILE__ / > > Now temp contains bunch of lines like: > > grep __FILE__ file1.html > grep __FILE__ file2.html > grep __FILE__ file3.html > > Then chmod +x temp and execute it or use temp as input to your desired > shell. > > ls | grep .html > temp > > edit temp to insert "grep " at the beginning of each line > e.g. in vi use > :%s/^/grep __FILE__ / > ls | grep .html | sed 's/^/grep __FILE__/g' > temp maybe? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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