Krzys writes: >and "mogrep" (below) knows >what to do with binary and compressed files. -chris
Unfortunately mogrep as implemented relies on the file names to determine the file type. A neater way might be to use the 'file' command to determine the file type eg: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ file * dl: setgid directory makefile,v: make commands text myfile: gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last modified: Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix mygeekcode: ASCII text pkglists: setgid directory swgate: setgid directory swgate.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, deflated, original filename, last modified: Fri Aug 18 11:17:10 2000, os: Unix test: setgid directory vncviewer: empty vncviewer.exe: MS-DOS executable (EXE), OS/2 or MS Windows Note that it picked up that myfile was a gzip file despite its name. More information in man command. - Chris Kenrick
