Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!preece%fang@xenurus.gould.com From: preece%fang@xenurus.gould.com (Scott E. Preece) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: grep replacement Message-ID: <16048@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 6 Jun 88 05:05:22 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 16 From: Doug Gwyn> The proposed tool would be very handy on ordinary text files, but it is > hard to see a use for it on pipes. Or, getting back to context-grep, > what good would it do to show context from a pipe? To do anything with > the information (other than stare at it), you'd need to produce it > again. ---------- Well, actually, I often produce output for which I have no other use than staring at. Sometimes one uses the system to find an answer, rather than to create grist for some future use... -- scott preece gould/csd - urbana uucp: ihnp4!uiucuxc!urbsdc!preece arpa: preece@Gould.com