"Moses P. Milazzo" wrote: > Why not: > > grep "//" `find . -name "*.[ch]"` | grep -v 'p://' You should include -print as part of the find statement or else you will wind up getting a list of lines containing C++ style comments without knowing the name of the file that needs to be edited. Cheers! Kevin. (http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/) Internet:kcozens at interlog.com |"What are we going to do today, Borg?" or:ve3syb at rac.ca |"Same thing we always do, Pinkutus: Packet:ve3syb@va3bbs.#scon.on.ca.na| Try to assimilate the world!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | -Pinkutus & the Borg
