On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Sean Butler wrote: > >I know there is an option, i used to use it, but I can't remember what it > >is. I have looked though all of the docs that FreeBSD has, including the > >man pages, but I can't find it. > > > >Is it not there and am I going crazy? > > There is no such option. At least not to my knowledge. Besides, how could > it know which files are ascii and which aren't. Best thing you can do is > use wildcards in the file name to match the extension. ie. I don't know who originally posted (the one that Sean is responding to) but yes, there is a version of grep abouts someplace (either that or I've been taking the same drugs as the original poster) that will skip binary files. Also there is a way to check if a file is binary or not. The file command (see man file) checks a file's magic number. I see no reason why grep could do the same thing. jason -- Jason Fischer | Any smoothly functioning technology is jasonf@iou.edu | indistinguishable from a rigged demo. "In the shadow of the light from a black sun" Type O- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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