[alt.sources.d] cgname - collect file names from {e,f,}grep output

guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (06/29/89)

>At least on BSD Unix, the -l flag on {,e,f}grep does the same thing except
>for sorting the output if the file list given to grep is not alphabetical.

I think it does so on every version of UNIX since V7; if the file list
is constructed from a "*" or "?" pattern, the shells with which I'm
familiar will sort it.

Is there something that "cgname" does that just using "-l" doesn't?

wht@tridom.uucp (Warren Tucker) (06/29/89)

In article <1861@auspex.auspex.com>, guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> Is there something that "cgname" does that just using "-l" doesn't?
yes, it does the following to commands simultaneously:
fgrep BLAH *
fgrep -l BLAH *
---but--- that's beside the point.  If I had known about -l, the program
would never have been written! Moral: Warren should RTFM even on "simple"
commands :-).


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