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Re: grep -R hangs if applied upon directory that contains pipe file
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Bert Wesarg |
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Re: grep -R hangs if applied upon directory that contains pipe file |
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Sun, 10 May 2009 10:26:27 +0200 |
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 20:38, Elmar Stellnberger <address@hidden> wrote:
> grep -R should only open regular files, no pipes, no devices, because
> otherwise grep -R will hang on these files.
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> i.e. > grep -R seekitem .
> is expected to behave like
>> find . -type f -exec grep seekitem {} +
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> reproduce by:
>> mkfifo hug
>> grep -R seek .
See the --device= option.
Bert