> This
> $ egrep -r -i -n -l --exclude="*.bak" --include="*.py" "$PAT" "$DIR"
> does not map to this
> find "$DIR" -type f ! -name "*.bak" -name "*.py" |
> while read F; do egrep -i -n -l "$PAT" "$F"; done
>
> It maps to this (with INCFIRST representing "-true" or "-false")
> find "$DIR" -type f \( \
> \( ! -name "*.bak" ! -name "*.py" \) \( \
> ! "$INCFIRST" \( -true \) \
> -o \
> "$INCFIRST" \( ! -name "*.bak" -name "*.py" \) \
> \) \
> -o \
> \( ! -name "*.bak" -name "*.py" \) \
> \) |
> while read F; do egrep -i -n -l "$PAT" "$F"; done
>
> Yikes.
> As it is not yet documented,
> I'll happily venmo you $50 to consider it a bug instead of an undocumented
> behavior.
> Warm regards, Paul. :)
> John Ruckstuhl
okay, the above mess simplifies of course to something less yikesy,
find "$DIR" -type f \( \
\( ! -name "*.bak" -name "*.py" \) \
-o ! "$INCFIRST" \( ! -name "*.bak" ! -name "*.py" \) \
\) |
while read F; do egrep -i -n -l "$PAT" "$F"; done
but the $50 offer still stands... :)
