Is there a way of using pipes and the echo command to do the grep command?

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 -----Original Message-----
From:   Andreas Schmidt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, January 26, 2000 9:51 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: posix shell fileset

Folks,

I tried the same and got a more verbose error:
XENBH2: /APPLSTAT/PUB [136] > grep -i "9912" ../*RPRT*/*
grep: cannot execute: Arg list too long

But if I restrict it to one group I get it:
XENBH2: /APPLSTAT/PUB [139] > grep -i "9912" ../*RPRT9912*/*
../RPRT9912/APPLDET:Report APPLDET            9912 Monthly report for CD
    on 10/01/00
../RPRT9912/APPLDET:Report APPLDET            9912 Monthly report for CM
    on 10/01/00
../RPRT9912/APPLDET:Report APPLDET            9912 Monthly report for DV
    on 10/01/00
../RPRT9912/APPLDET:Report APPLDET            9912 Monthly report for ED
    on 10/01/00
../RPRT9912/APPLDET:Report APPLDET            9912 Monthly report for EM

and a loooong list follows.


Strange, isn't it ?

Best regards, Andreas Schmidt, CSC, Germany






[log in to unmask] on 26/01/2000 05:16:45 PM

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Subject:  Re: posix shell fileset



"Simonsen, Larry" wrote:
>
> I'm having what seems to be a problem with a fileset in Posix.  I'm in the
> shell and the command is
>
> $ grep -i "string" ../*RPT*/*
> **** Illegal instruction address (TRAPS 56).
>
> ABORT: GREP.HPBIN.SYS
> [1] + Done(139) grep -i "string" ../*RPT*/*
>   4259983    Segmentation violation  grep

Hmmmm, and I thought it was only /bin/ar that had trouble with ../foo
filenames.

> can some one please help me with the format of the file parameter when the
> wild card character is in the middle of what is a group in the MPE
> directory?

Your grep syntax looks legal to me.  You might want to see exactly what your
wildcard pattern is matching, i.e.:

        echo ../*RPT*/*

As a workaround, you might try:

        cd ..
        grep -i "string" *RPT*/*

You should definitely open an HPRC call about the original problem.  Grep
should not be aborting like that.

- Mark B.