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Operating Systems BSD proper syntax of grep command Post 302299944 by TonyFullerMalv on Sunday 22nd of March 2009 12:47:21 PM
Old 03-22-2009
Put the filename with spaces in it inside speech marks, e.g.:
Code:
$ grep "I am writing" "/home/user/docs/text file.txt"

File names with spaces are best avoided for Unix...
 

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EMACSPEAK(1)						      General Commands Manual						      EMACSPEAK(1)

NAME
emacspeak - speech output interface to Emacs SYNOPSIS
emacspeak [ options ] [ file... ] DESCRIPTION
This script starts emacs(1) with speech extensions. emacspeak comes with support for the following speech synthesizers: DECtalk Express, DECtalk MultiVoice, software DECtalk on the DEC Alpha, and the software synthesizers eflite and espeakf. Separate speech servers are available to support other hardware and software synthesizers. emacspeak reads the type of text to speech device and the port where it is connected from /etc/emacspeak.conf. For runtime commands supplied by emacspeak, see the Emacspeak-HOWTO, or consult the .info file: info emacspeak OPTIONS
-o Use IBM ViaVoice Outloud speech server. -m Use multispeech(1) for speech output. -e Use espeak(1) for speech output. -d Use Software Dectalk(1) for speech output. -q Do not process the startup file ~/.emacs. AUTHOR
T. V. Raman, Google Incorporated <raman@users.sf.net> FILES
/etc/emacspeak.conf SEE ALSO
emacspeakconfig(8), emacspeak.info, ftp://leb.net/pub/blinux/emacspeak/blinux. July 17, 2008 EMACSPEAK(1)
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