From: Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] who would have guessed.
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:36:03 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJQxxwmkAyV+SoAq=owU89f7JUOWg1Je3hCOS5=t1_Y2pX1Taw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fad1943032e4bc3e0f273f70f877ddbd@brasstown.quanstro.net>
"dinner time, hold on while i grep my desk for my car keys" - ken anon
On 31 March 2012 00:13, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
>> btw., the POSIX -q option to grep is needed only on non-POSIX systems, that do
>> not provide /dev/null, right?
>
> grep(1) has a -s option. this is obviously useful because for
> large files with early matches, most of the file need not be read.
>
> - erik
>
--
Don't meddle in the mouth -- MVS (0416935147, +1-513-3BRUCEE)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-30 14:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-24 5:06 Bruce Ellis
2012-03-29 19:09 ` stephano zanzin
2012-03-30 6:51 ` dexen deVries
2012-03-30 13:13 ` erik quanstrom
2012-03-30 14:36 ` Bruce Ellis [this message]
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