On Feb 1, 7:34 pm, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:14 AM, John Machin <sjmac...@lexicon.net> wrote: > > On Feb 1, 3:39 pm, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > > >> Not to discourage the use of Python, but it seems that fgrep with the > >> -f flag already does exactly what you want. If you're on Windows, you > >> can get the Windows version of fgrep here:http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ > > > That URL is antique and a dead end. When you find the actual > > sourceforge project page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils/) > > and browse the forums and the CVS repository, you'll see tumbleweed > > blowing down Main Street and not much else (besides a few whinges > > about that dead end URL, and many unanswered issues). > > > Alternative:http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > Thanks very much for the update. I had been using the older versions > (on the rare occasions I've had to use Windows). I didn't know there > was a currently-maintained version.
Read my lips: unxutils is *not* "currently-maintained". Use GnuWin32. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list