Re: An appropriate directory search tool?
On Sun 21 Oct 2018 at 11:45:49 (-0400), rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:21:35 AM David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 21 Oct 2018 at 10:33:41 (-0400), rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Sunday, October 21, 2018 09:48:28 AM David Wright wrote:
> > > > $ grep -L keywordB $(grep -l keywordA a-directory/*extension)
> > >
> > > I am not the OP, and I haven't tried this out, but, reading the grep man
> > > page for the -L (and the -l) option, I'm a little concerned by the
> > > sentence that says ~"Scanning will stop on the first match" -- does that
> > > mean it will stop scanning the particular file being scanned, or does
> > > that mean it will stop scanning in the directory (or list of files)
> > > being scanned?
> >
> > Read the full names of the options:
> > --files-without-match
> > --files-with-matches
> > ↑
> >
> > But the fact that scaanning stops can be important. When you get to
> > test it out for yourself, try using interactive standard input (-)
> > as an input file and you will see the difference when you add -l
> > as an option.
>
> Thanks for the reply, and I like that ability to use standard input!
>
> I tried the following, and the output from -L and -l seems almost the same,
> except for that extra line that says "(standard input)" when I use the -l
> option.
>
> Any further clarification / clues would be appreciated.
Use neither option to see the difference with using either -l or -L.
So that standard output doesn't clutter the output, I suggest
redirecting it thus:
$ grep test - >| /tmp/a ; echo "and the output is" ; cat /tmp/a
Then you will see the difference when you add -l as an option.
Cheers,
David.
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