On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:00:57 +0200, Emanuel Rumpf wrote > 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 ? bzgrep? > > $ 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.... So why do you even mention it? But the most important point is: _don't_ use 'less' on places other than the end of a pipe! Less is a pager whose task is to pretty-print streams so they are human readable. Less _does_ possible modify the stream. I'll escape transmogrify certain control characters. If you try to use zless/grep to search for a control sequence you might be up for a surprise ... Cheers, RalfD > -- > E.R. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user -- R. Mattes - Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg rm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
