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Re: Proposed alias.
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Aidan Kehoe |
Subject: |
Re: Proposed alias. |
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Sat, 26 Feb 2005 17:36:07 +0100 |
Ar an séú lá is fiche de mí Feabhra, scríobh Romain Francoise:
> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > The name "grep-find" is quite counterintuitive and probably only
> > chosen because it is in the grep package, and so the "grep-" prefix
> > somewhat suggested itself.
>
> It's not counterintuitive. It's an extension to `grep', but it uses
> find to find files recursively. Once you're used to M-x grep RET, using
> M-x grep-find RET comes naturally.
And if you’re used to
find . -type f -exec grep -nH whatever {} \;
in the shell, M-x grep-find RET seems totally alien. IMO, of course.
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