Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!lll-crg!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ipse dixit) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: slight problem with grep. Message-ID: <14945@rochester.UUCP> Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 03:33:28 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.14945 Posted: Fri Jan 31 03:33:28 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Feb-86 21:32:10 EST References: <9299@ritcv.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ipse dixit) Distribution: net Organization: Sans Serif Lines: 11 Keywords: grep It is not grep's fault, you can get into trouble this way too: sed p * > xxx I used sed because cat * > xxx checks that the output is not in the inputs. Therefore: watch your wildcards. Ken -- UUCP: ..!{allegra,decvax,seismo}!rochester!ken ARPA: ken@rochester.arpa Snail: Comp. of Disp. Sci., U. of Roch., NY 14627. Voice: Ken!