More grep annoyances

• Why this?

        find . -type f | xargs grep pattern

• Why not this?

        find . | xargs grep pattern

• This is why:

        grep: .: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/code: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/code/perldoc: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/code/perldoc/lib: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/code/perldoc/lib/Devel: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/notes: Is a directory
        grep: ./Performance/notes/dumbassery: Is a directory

• Grrr.

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