On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Sean Butler wrote:
> >I know there is an option, i used to use it, but I can't remember what it
> >is. I have looked though all of the docs that FreeBSD has, including the
> >man pages, but I can't find it.
> >
> >Is it not there and am I going crazy?
>
> There is no such option. At least not to my knowledge. Besides, how could
> it know which files are ascii and which aren't. Best thing you can do is
> use wildcards in the file name to match the extension. ie.
I don't know who originally posted (the one that Sean is responding to)
but yes, there is a version of grep abouts someplace (either that or I've
been taking the same drugs as the original poster) that will skip binary
files. Also there is a way to check if a file is binary or not. The file
command (see man file) checks a file's magic number. I see no reason why
grep could do the same thing.
jason
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