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bug in documentation example
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Jacob Burckhardt |
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bug in documentation example |
Date: |
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:58:41 -0800 |
The "Multiple Files" node of the info documentation says:
> You can use shell command substitution (backquotes) to process a
> list of arguments, like this:
>
> grep -l sprintf `find $HOME -name '*.c' -print`
>
> However, that method produces an error if the length of the `.c'
> file names exceeds the operating system's command-line length limit.
> `xargs' avoids that problem by running the command as many times as
> necessary without exceeding the limit:
>
> find $HOME -name '*.c' -print | grep -l sprintf
I think the word "xargs" should be before the word "grep".
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