Re: please allow a list of files to grep, as a file that can be - for stdin (fixes other bugs)

[t takahashi]

you mixed messages together.

On 6/11/06, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> t takahashi wrote:
> > xargs is insufficient partly because it cannot efficiently call
> > shell functions.  this is important for a variety of reasons
>
> If one needs more complicated processing like this, one should write
> a custom script, imho.  (Later, if the script is general enough, it

contradictory by definition.

> > however, imho if there is to be a grep -r, it needs to not
> > recurse symlinked dirs by default.
>
> Agreed.  But see bug #4354 on Savannah:
> https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=4354

i read that and it did not change my mind.

> Hmm?  Where did find such proposal?  And when would it be useful?

the colon makes it difficult to visually distinguish filename from content.

thanks.

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