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find+grep [was: Re: Amaya W3C Web browser and sid]



On Mi, 28 iul 10, 16:10:38, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> On 7/28/10 4:03 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote:
> >On 07/28/2010 04:11 PM, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> >>
> >>find / |grep libraptor
> >
> >Perhaps you wanted find's -name option? find / -name 'libraptor*'
> 
> I personally prefer to grep over find, but to each their own :P as
> each have their own methods to do things that ultimately lead to the
> same solution.

Assuming very long output of find, grepping over it is not efficient. 
Besides, the file you search might be quite early found and one can 
interrupt the search, while with your approach one has to wait until 
both find and finish.

Regards,
Andrei
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