Re: "find /var/log -type f | xargs grep kmod" opens garbled dselect window

[Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@gmx.net>]

Hi Vineet

On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 21:10, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * Wolfgang Pfeiffer (roto@gmx.net) [040218 11:59]:
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> does the output of 
> 
> find /var/log -type f
> 
> look correct?  

yes

> How about
> 
> find /var/log -type f | xargs echo grep kmod

yes, looks OK

> 
> I don't really understand what malfunction you're seeing, but perhaps
> these techniques can help narrow down the cause.
> 
> Also, for a simpler command, try
> 
> grep -r kmod /var/log

Unusable here. Similarly garbled dselect window.

> 
> "grep -rli"


Cool. That works. Seems the problem comes as soon as "contents" of a
matching file is shown by grep (find?) in /var/log

Bizarre:
find /etc -type f | xargs grep modules
works like a charm --- don't know what's going on there ...

Thanks for your help, Vineet.

Best Regards
Wolfgang



>  is a pattern my fingers have become accustomed to typing in
> order to do a case-insensitive search through a directory tree, listing
> only filenames, not matching lines.
> 
> good times,
> Vineet
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