Re: Freddy File Finder: Finding Disk Files By Content

> > Arthur Collins (acollins@netcom.com) wrote: > : NEWS RELEASE > : FRUSTRATED? CAN'T FIND A FILE IN A HURRY? > : CALL FREDDY FILE FINDER! > : FREDDY FILE FINDER finds those "lost" files with a single command. > : The program is user friendly, and input is simple yet effective. FREDDY > > : FILE FINDER finds your files and outputs the complete file paths to an > : output file for easy reference now and in the future. > > $ ln -s FreddyFileFinder /bin/grep> > Jon > Very close in my book. We have an in-house script that pairs find & grep, so you can tune your search a little. Optionally we pipe it through another home-rolled tool which displays 'key word in context' - the preceeding 10 lines, the line in question in RVideo, and the succeeding 10 lines. Maybe Freddy is thinking of the DOS environment. j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker | Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| If you put all of the lawyers in jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com | this country end to end, (208) 396-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | it would be a good thing. _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________