Re: [Nolug] grepping multiple strings

Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:

>> indeed have an 'and' operator. I use the | method of narrowing down
>> searches so often I never even considered that an 'and' operator might
>> or might not exist until you asked the question.
>
> "or" to narrow down searches????
>
> "or" expands search results. Only "and" narrows down searches.

'|' as in shell pipe not as in the grep 'or' sense. reread it this
way and forgive me for not writing it this way in the first place:
  "I use the pipe method of narrowing down searches so often I never
  even considered that an 'and' operator might or might not exist until
  you asked the question."

-- 
Scott Harney<scotth@scottharney.com>
"...and one script to rule them all."
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