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* '''2020-02-04''' [https://toot.cat/@woozle/103602468124365262 #softwareGripe #grep #counterintuitive] | |||
Revision as of 18:45, 5 February 2020
This is because grep does not do its own file-filtering but relies entirely on the command line environment to translate file-mask specifications into a list of files, which are then each passed to grep as a separate argument. This is a feature/defect of bash and possibly most other Linux command shells (investigation needed).
In short, grep does not have the ability to search recursively using a file-mask, and any mask entered:
- will apply only to the current folder
- will prevent grep from recursively searching any folders whose names do not also match
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- 2020-02-04 #softwareGripe #grep #counterintuitive
