On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:07:27 -0800 (PST) dave k <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> also is there a > command that is used to find a bit of tetx within the gnome > terminal? like if i wanted to search for the things im looking > for in that list. i tried ctrl+f and find "" but no dice... > > Simple fun with grep and pipes: Did you know that you can send the output of a terminal command to a file (with >) or another to another command with a pipe ( with | ) For example, to make a file of a directory listing ls > directory_listing.txt You can then search that file via any means you want, for example using less, you could open the file less directory_listing.txt and then search it using /string_you_are_searching_for or you could use cat and grep cat directory_listing.txt | grep string_you_are_searching_for or even simpler grep string_you_are_searching for directory_listing.txt or you could run the output of the original command through grep ls | grep string_you_are_searching_for You can also do multiple searches ls | grep whatever | grep search_in_the_whatevers_for_something_else a la: ls | grep .txt | grep log which will give me a listing of whatever filenames comtain both .txt and log you can also: ls | grep .txt > listing_of_text_files.txt Lots of fun. CronoCloud (Ron Rogers Jr.) _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
