Grep question

eloquent99 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-18-2003

sometimes I'll do a search with grep and it just goes down a line and hangs. What is it doing?

Kevin Pryke · #2 (**permalink**) 02-18-2003

Can you post an example of how you are using it.

Thanks.

google · #3 (**permalink**) 02-18-2003

more than likely its waiting for you to complete its syntax, check to make sure that you have properly opened/closed all quotes and such and that you have passed grep a file or files to search.

oombera · #4 (**permalink**) 02-18-2003

It could be performing the search just like you told it to, but the search is taking a while, so it looks like it's hanging up.

How many files are in the directory you're searching? When I search a directory with a thousand files, it takes about 25 seconds. More files will take even longer. It depends what you're searching for and what you're doing with the data when it's found.

#5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2003

the exact command of which u type will be of great help

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