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Re: grep 'n edit, I wish!

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From: pete$no$pam
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 00:00
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In article <911169745snz@wash.demon.co.uk>
           john$@wash.demon.co.uk "John Washington" writes:

> Many thanks to everyone who followed up or emailed me on this
> topic, especially Pete.  I think his solution is ideal for
> my needs, as soon as I lay my hands on sgrep (Borland's
> grep doesn't appear to give exit codes that indicate
> whether any matches were found, so I shall need sgrep).

Point your http-grabber at (I think):

  www.pdlmail.demon.co.uk/utils/sgrep09.zip

where you should find a working[1] .exe plus the C source.
Whether or not said source can be coerced into compiling
cleanly under BC 3.1 and running correctly is left as an
exercise for the reader :-)

Pete

[1] Depending on your definition of "working" :-)  It works
for me though.
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