On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 19:18, Jack Hodgson wrote: > Ben Scott wrote: > How is > > $ grep -ir microsoft * | wc -l > > different from > > $ grep -irc microsoft * > > Enquiring minds want to know.
Good catch. It isn't. With Linux/Unix, frequently (always?) there's more than one way to skin a cat. While Ben may or may not have been familiar with the "-c" option in grep (I know I wasn't), he was trying to illustrate something, and most everyone who's familiar with Unix's command-line stuff does know "wc". -Ken ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
