Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.017 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'tune': 0.09; '"with"': 0.16; 'finds': 0.16; 'fluent': 0.16; 'grep': 0.16; 'hmm.': 0.16; 'simpson': 0.16; 'subject:son': 0.16; 'sucked': 0.16; 'variations': 0.16; 'win7': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'example': 0.22; 'fine': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'unix': 0.29; 'primarily': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'scripting,': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'could': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'convention': 0.38; 'winning': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'stock': 0.39; 'use.': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'system.': 0.39; 'commands': 0.60; 'real': 0.63; 'sound': 0.68; 'containing': 0.69; 'gotten': 0.74; 'subject:wants': 0.74; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=jYbFSzFIeLt+cejKG28E2WlvOhy1YEN75K1ypt9MVcc=; b=c6Lxv8F5V0WtC9eybEMbcuvv1RY4kR6k12QAryd/yoewaiqgCCi5dpkG+sZrPruI1X 7F5n8jMSI8gxZuvmANyB0YJicdUbhaJwREXR8tGR6xN+pmPduHAmwjhxZ/y0n2WZ279v qve9w+3YnD+wYGDiqsPNrcHZD0Y/cgNvI8LNoJAV+q1YxG/wE0VzThlg5N/GaPwEnkMj ALJWgLJ1f7u+9bkfwPojxCCyTu1zUdD4eUfT70TLjlYG2VT7YWMDfdt9GuKEajFw3HcM V1hu++/lwwFqxzUDmQfKs7Lg8Fe5RzRg4qaoKOXcDsvEiui/OIlygvvBoff428YHk+q0 MyRA== X-Received: by 10.68.42.134 with SMTP id o6mr14641455pbl.149.1371508405828; Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:33:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130616095534.GA36027@cskk.homeip.net> References: <20130616095534.GA36027@cskk.homeip.net> From: Ian Kelly Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:32:44 -0600 Subject: Re: My son wants me to teach him Python To: Python Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371508865 news.xs4all.nl 15931 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:39898 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:48570 On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Cameron Simpson wrote: > On 14Jun2013 20:12, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > | [...] PowerShell has been > | available as a download on WinXP and standard on Win7 [PS 3 is a > | download for Win7, stock on real Win8]. > | While I'm not fluent in it, there are some commands I've gotten > | rather engrained... > | > | get-childitem -recurse -filter "*.ad*" | select-string -pattern "with" > | > | finds all the Ada (GNAT convention .ads/.adb) files containing "with" > | statements. And pattern probably is a regex so I could fine tune it to > | just the package withs by using a start of line marker... > > Hmm. > > find . -name '*.ad*' | xargs grep with > > on almost any UNIX system. There's any number of variations on that > depending on exactly what you want. I'm not going to get sucked > into a UNIX/Windows bickerfest here, but your PowerShell example > isn't winning me over. Sound like they reinvented the wheel. Again, > years later:-( As I understand it, PowerShell is intended primarily for automation and scripting, not for interactive console use.