Hi Vineet On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 21:10, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Wolfgang Pfeiffer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040218 11:59]: > > What am I doing wrong? > > does the output of > > find /var/log -type f > > look correct?
yes > How about > > find /var/log -type f | xargs echo grep kmod yes, looks OK > > I don't really understand what malfunction you're seeing, but perhaps > these techniques can help narrow down the cause. > > Also, for a simpler command, try > > grep -r kmod /var/log Unusable here. Similarly garbled dselect window. > > "grep -rli" Cool. That works. Seems the problem comes as soon as "contents" of a matching file is shown by grep (find?) in /var/log Bizarre: find /etc -type f | xargs grep modules works like a charm --- don't know what's going on there ... Thanks for your help, Vineet. Best Regards Wolfgang > is a pattern my fingers have become accustomed to typing in > order to do a case-insensitive search through a directory tree, listing > only filenames, not matching lines. > > good times, > Vineet > -- > http://www.doorstop.net/ -- Profile, Links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
