> At 14:12 9/14/99 -0400, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> >Frank Heldt wrote:
> >> i looked over the latest initscripts rpm from rawhide and saw some
> >> constructs like
> >> "cat file | grep expression" in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.
> >>
> >> Well, don't you thing a simple "grep expression file" is easier & faster ?
> >
> >Well you to to make sure that initscripts only use utilities in /bin
> >and /sbin as /usr may not be mounted yet.
>
> Huh? I don't follow the connection from the question to the response....
> The original expression already had grep in it; and the only grep on
> my RH boxen at least is /bin/grep... so I don't see this as making any
> sense.
GLad to see someone shot the turkey.
>
> This is actually one of the things I've been wondering about... I mean the
I sometimes use the form
cat ... | grep
to mask the names of the source files from grep.
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