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grep -R hangs if applied upon directory that contains pipe file
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From: |
Elmar Stellnberger |
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Subject: |
grep -R hangs if applied upon directory that contains pipe file |
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Date: |
Sat, 09 May 2009 19:38:15 +0100 |
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User-agent: |
Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20081227) |
grep -R should only open regular files, no pipes, no devices, because
otherwise grep -R will hang on these files.
i.e. > grep -R seekitem .
is expected to behave like
> find . -type f -exec grep seekitem {} +
reproduce by:
> mkfifo hug
> grep -R seek .
- grep -R hangs if applied upon directory that contains pipe file,
Elmar Stellnberger <=