[ale] dreaded spaces in file names....

[Fletch]

Or even this . . . 

(yes, I got bored and I'm re-learning ruby)

#!/usr/bin/ruby

unless ARGV.size == 1
  $stderr.puts "usage: #{$0} pattern"
  exit 1
end

pattern = %r(#{ARGV[0]});

IO.popen( "locate .txt" ) do |locate|
  locate.readlines.grep(/\.txt$/).map { |n| n.chomp! }.each do |fname|
    begin
      File.open( fname, "r" ) do |cur|
        cur.each { |l| puts "#{fname}: #{l}" if l =~ pattern }
      end
    rescue IOError
      puts "problem opening #{fname}: #{$!}"
      next
    end 
  end
end

__END__

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