[olug] Unix Tip: GREP TEXT NOT BINARY

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GREP TEXT NOT BINARY

In some directories such as /etc you have a mix of file types.  
You may want to grep out a string from one of the files but 
don't want to worry about the binaries, data, etc.  To accomplish 
this, searching only text files do this:

grep <string> `file * | egrep 'script|text' | awk -F: '{print $1}'`


This tip generously supported by: Richard.place-eds at eds.com



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