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Hello Wayne - 

WC> Created a file and added but a single bit for each entry, no
WC>  text. 

RJT>> You could try a pipe: | 

WC> Dang, you know I've seen enough Linux syntax to have
WC> thought of that but didn't, redirect and pipe it into the
WC> file that's the ticket!. Untried but intuition tells me
WC> this is correct. 

Nope. The pipe creates a temporary file that is then redirected
automatically to the next named binary that must be using stdin
and expecting input. The temp file is autmatically deleted. 

I forgot to try this in BL but I suspect the program doing the
stdout failed, not the redirect. 

WC>> I recall Ron at Abilities giving a very short script using
WC>> grep that searched the entire drive for a pattern in every
WC>> file and every directory. I may look for that disk on the
WC>> off chance I saved that to file, unlikely though that may
WC>> be. This would be very useful in both learning Linux _and_
WC>> figuring out how to fix my SMTP authorization problem. 

I think that requires 'glob' or something similar to give
'grep' global scope. 

RJT>> If you have mc installed the search function in there
RJT>> will look for content, too. 

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WC> You know what's lacking in *nix, a few led by the hand
WC> examples right off the bat before they get into deep waters
WC> so you get the basic idea than run with it. 

I think Steven D. had some of this in a FAQ file linked at his
website and I give links to highly recommended (to me) *nix
howtos at the BasicLinux webpage (bottom of page) at my website. 

WC> Learning scripting syntax is very high on my list of
WC> priorities. Run a shell script to search for a string even
WC> using wildcards for a incomplete character strings than
WC> redirect and pipe that into a file and blink you're done.
WC> If you're going to work at the command line time not spent
WC> learning this early on is soon lost many times over in
WC> unnecessary work as time moves forward. Now I'm really new
WC> to this so bear that in mind but that's my thinking on the
WC> matter. 

Always true for any OS. In Windows learning the various mouse
functions is similar. A basic 'tool' used continously
throughout the 'session'. 

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