Francesco Turco wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, at 14:00, Dale wrote: >> root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep var >> PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage/ >> source /var/lib/layman/make.conf >> DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles/" >> PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" >> PORTDIR="/var/cache/portage/tree" > I'm sure you already know that, but that's an example of a useless use of cat. > > The following command is better: > # grep var /etc/make.conf > > :-) >
I occasionally use grep that way, especially if I'm not sure what file/directory it is in. I use the -r option then tho. Handy for /etc/portage/ but no clue where the file might be exactly. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
