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- From: eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG)
- Subject: Re: Does Os/2 Have The Equai
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.162731.3242@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Organization: National University of Singapore
- References: <714223952.6@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:27:31 GMT
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- Daniel.Karellen@f501.n914.z8.rbbs-net.ORG (Daniel Karellen) writes:
- : BM>Everyone / Anyone:
- :
- : BM>Does OS/2 have the equaivalent of the UNIX usage of ``? For example, the
- : BM>command: grep "---" `find . -name ~*~ -print` is very useful. It finds
- : BM>all files/directories and passes the to grep as its parameters (filesnames).
- :
- : BM>Thanks in advance.
- :
- : BM>Bert.
- :
- : Download GREP for OS/2 from the fernwood bbs (203) 483-0348. That's the 9600
- : baud line, there's also a 14,400 baud line.
- : ___
- : * MR/2 1.2x NR * Let's Go Mets!
- :
- : * Origin: SeaHunt BBS, San Francisco (415-431-0227) (8:914/501)
-
- The utility aw.exe (a PM app) is very useful (and fast too) for locating
- files. Its available at hobbes but I can't remember where.
-
- Another useful thing to know is the command "dir/s" which recursively
- lists all files in the directory and its descendents. This can be
- combined with the grep.
-
- jin meng
-