2011/6/23 S C Rigler <riglersc@xxxxxxxxx>: > ... > Grep is fully capably capable of matching lines directly from the file > so you don't need anything piping the file to it. ... Now, what if the file is compressed ? There is bzless config.tar.bz2 | grep PREEMT* would that somehow work pipeless ? > $ less config-2.6.39.1 | grep PREEMPT It's also possible with the angle bracket <config.txt grep PREEMT* BUT: I really would NOT recommend that. If you accidentally reverse the bracket (>), you've lost.... -- E.R. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user