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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] 'find'
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Jul 2003 08:33:44 GMT."
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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
Date: Mon,  7 Jul 2003 15:08:59 -0400
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> >>err, this *does* beg the question; what's wrong with `grep pattern foo'?
> > yes
>
> What's wrong with grep pattern foo is that it acts differently
> from grep pattern foo1 foo2.  Whether or not the filename is
> displayed as a prefix should be controlled by a command option,
> not by how many file arguments there are.

grep pattern <file* doesn't work.  cat file* | grep pattern does.
My question originally referred to replacing indirection, not with
worrying about multiple arguments.

	- Dan C.