>>>> cd /usr/src/linux ; grep -i fuck `find . -name '*.[ch]'`
>>> Why not:
>>> find /usr/src/linux -name '*.[ch]' -exec grep -i fuck {} \;
>> It doesn't work on my system, for starters. However, the following
>> variant works...
>> Q> find /usr/src/linux/ -name '*.[ch]' -exec grep -i fuck '{}' \;
> While we're being pedantic, notice that the last form won't work
> if /usr/src/linux happens to be a symlink.
On my system, /usr/src/linux IS a SymLink, and the above works fine.
> So
> cd /usr/src/linux && find . -type f -a \! -name \*.o
> -a \! -name \*.a -a \! -name vmlin\* | xargs grep -i fuck
> ...would be slightly better.
What on earth for!!! It doesn't even begin to match the original
command and its aims.
> Also, note that there is no reason why Makefile's and
> Config.in's etc etc can't contain `fuck'.
Note also that the sequence 'fuck' is a valid compression sequence
that could easily be generated by gzip when it compresses the code.
Your command will quite happily report it as well...
Best wishes from Riley.
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| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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