Quoth Uriel: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Ryan Mullen <rmmul...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Exclusion of cut would make sbase not viable when existing scripts > > need to be supported. > > Exclusion of bash would make sbase not viable when existing scripts > need to be supported. > > What a lame argument.
Bah. There's a balance to be struck. Scripts which aren't awful should be supported. The issue is whether using cut constitutes 'awful'. I think it does not. There are legitimate cases where it's simpler and clearer than awk/sed. Love from Nick.
