From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2005-12-27T14:14:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Found a neat trick for doing recursive one-liners

Pat Maddox wrote:
> Or you can use the tools designed for finding stuff :)
> 
> find . -name "*.txt" | xargs grep Hello
> 
> That version will work for all files.  You can play with find to match
> any file you want.

Assuming you are on a machine with find, xargs, and grep, as opposed to 
just Ruby.

I like the idea of assembling command line utils that will work on any 
platform where Ruby is installed (e.g., all the machines in my house).

I also like the idea of reinventing the wheel in Ruby because sometimes 
you get a better wheel.  Or at least one that is more hackable.

James

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