Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!umd5!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: "dd conv=unblock cbs=80 - really grep replacement" Keywords: grep replacement Message-ID: <12257@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 30 Jun 88 21:20:28 GMT References: <144@insyte.UUCP> <3350@phri.UUCP> <8168@ncoast.UUCP> <145@insyte.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 15 In article <145@insyte.UUCP> jad@insyte.UUCP (Jill Diewald) writes: >Two things: first I am using HP-UX which does not have 'conv=block' >documented so its probably not implemented either. (silly of them :-) ) >More importantly, this is NOT a good solution. ... The files that >we deal with are very very large data files. Making a reformated >copy of the file is not a good solution. Think `tools'. Think `pipes'. dd if=big_data_file cbs=conv=unblock | grep -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris