Timeline for grep --exclude option doesn't always skip named pipes

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Feb 7, 2019 at 10:45	comment	added	icarus		Whilst the idea is good, the implementation is bad. I suggest `find /path/to/dir -type f -maxdepth 1 -exec grep pattern /dev/null {} +` - the maxdepth will limit it to the current directory. The change from `\;` to `+` will make find run grep for a batch of files, rather than running one grep for each one. Adding the /dev/null removes the very small chance of a run with a single file, which causes grep to change the output format. See unix.stackexchange.com/questions/275637/… if you lack maxdepth.
Feb 7, 2019 at 8:47	history	answered	George Ivanov	CC BY-SA 4.0