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Re: Grep on Win? [was Software solution (tech writing tie in)]
Subject:Re: Grep on Win? [was Software solution (tech writing tie in)] From:"Richard G. Combs" <richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:24:10 -0600
Chris Despopoulos wrote:
> Chris Gooch says NT and Win2K have Unix-like tools (such as grep and
> diff???!?!?!?) either installed or available on the install disk.
>
> Do tell - what are they called, where are they, etc. Just the location
> of one such tool would get me started.
To "grep" (get regular expression), use "findstr" (find string). For more
info, at a command prompt, enter:
help findstr | more
I'm afraid that Windows insists on using arcane and cryptic command names
like help, find, and findstr instead of transparent and intuitive ones like
man and grep. ;-)
> Cheers cud
>
> ps
> Anybody who claims Win or current Mac OS are "easier" or "friendlier"
> than Unix is obviously confused. Just my opinion, based on experience
> with all three.
I remember, many years ago, a co-worker complaining about having to give up
her beloved WordPerfect 5.1 and work in a WIMP interface (Interleaf on a Sun
3, as I recall). She hated menus. "How do I know what Alt-F4 is?" she
demanded.
My first experience with one of those "intuitive" Macs led to a frustrating
battle over the floppy. I could eject it, but it's ghostly image remained on
the screen, and the Mac kept insisting that I reinsert it. To this day, I
wonder what's intuitive about dragging your disk to the trash can.
It seems to me that "easy" and "friendly" always end up meaning "what I'm
used to" and "matching my expectations."
Richard
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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Voyant Technologies, Inc.
richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com
303-223-5111
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