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According to [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 10/29/2006 5:56 AM:
>> This also works.
>>
>> find . -exec grep -q PATTERN {} \; -exec vi {} \;
>>
>
> No it doesn't because it issues a fresh instance of vi per file.
Then use the POSIX-specified:
find . -exec grep -q PATTERN {} \; -exec vi {} +
That will execute grep once per file, then aggregate the successful
matches into a single invocation of vi (assuming you don't exceed ARG_MAX
limits), properly accounting for spaces in filenames.
- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!
Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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