On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:27:11AM -0500, Matt Price wrote:
> so I have to do it by hand at the moment. But shouldn't I be able to
> automate it with somthing like:
>
> ls < locate charter | grep -i font
> ?
> nothing I try works -- but I can't believe it's impossible! any
> hints?
I use backticks:
ls `locate charter | grep -i font` -ld
Some commands don't like it if you pass zillions of arguments.
You can also xargs or find, but the syntax is more cumbersome, involving
braces {} and crap. Somebody will probably post that syntax.
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