C warning that I can't seem to track down

Wed Aug 9 15:06:48 UTC 2006

On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Mel Wilson wrote:

> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>  On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Mel Wilson wrote:
>> >  Found this with a little Python thing that scrambles through
>> >  the directory tree finding strings in files.
>>
>>     Python???
>>
>>     What's wrong with 'grep -r'?
>
> It's what I do best.  AND 'grep -r' isn't listed  in
> _Linux in a Nutshell_ (note to self -- what's up with that?)

    Even without the -r option, you don't need Python:

find /usr/include -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep PATTERN /dev/null

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