7 Apr
2008
7 Apr
'08
11:04 a.m.
John Floren wrote:
Complaints about how Unix is "silent" when
there is no output--"grep"
returning nothing instead of saying "No matches" when there aren't any
matches--these are basically invalid. They're the kind of thing people
who don't use or understand pipes will say.
That's bull. There are ways to make grep output something like "No
matches" without breaking a pipeline that uses it. I suggest that
perhaps those who say "They're the kind of thing people who don't use or
understand pipes will say." are the ones who truly don't understand pipes.
Peace... Sridhar