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From a bash shell, grep file names received from STDIN. The file names may contain spaces.
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Grep_files_from_stdin.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# From a bash shell, grep file names received from STDIN. The file names may
# contain spaces.
#
# Author: Caleb P. Burns
# License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
# Version: 1.0.0
# 1. Find the files to grep.
# 2. Sort them.
# 3. Grep each file's contents.
find ... -print0 | sort | xargs -0 grep --color=always ...
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