Greg Wooledge wrote: ... > The ./ breaks the function if you give it absolute pathnames. Replace > this last line with cat -- "$arg" instead. > > A "clever" version of this part of the function that does something > similar in a more compact form is: > > tail -n +1 -- "$@" > > I didn't write that and can't claim credit for it, but I don't know who > did, so I can't give appropriate credit either.
we all can be clever in different ways. :) i'm usually pretty good at doing things oddly enough that i make a good test subject. tks, i'll stash this reply too... songbird
