[Cialug] grep question

[Todd Walton]

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 20:56 <chris at bynw.com> wrote:

> I was wondering about that. But the man page detail reads:
>
>         -l, --files-with-matches
>                Suppress normal output; instead print the name of each
> input file from which output would normally  have
>                been printed.  The scanning will stop on the first match.
>
> which makes me think the scanning will stop while I'm scanning multiple
> files and want them all scanned for the matching text.


I have had that very same sequence of thoughts, Chris. It could be worded
better.

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Todd