On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:27:11AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > so I have to do it by hand at the moment. But shouldn't I be able to > automate it with somthing like: > > ls < locate charter | grep -i font > ? > nothing I try works -- but I can't believe it's impossible! any > hints?
I use backticks: ls `locate charter | grep -i font` -ld Some commands don't like it if you pass zillions of arguments. You can also xargs or find, but the syntax is more cumbersome, involving braces {} and crap. Somebody will probably post that syntax. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]