In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nick Rognes
s writes:
>On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Fotis Georgatos wrote:
>
>> Why bother with complex shell scripts when you can have most
>> needed functionality in a single C program?
>> I've found myself replacing 10-20 lines of shell code with a single line.
>
> WHAT? Are you crazy? I've found just the opposite.
> What shell scripting are you using? Example to find # of
> duplicate usernames in your password file:
>
> #!/usr/local/bin/ksh
> VAR1=`awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd|grep -cx $1`
> print "Number of occurences of $1 in /etc/passwd: $VAR1"
>
> Let me see you replicate that in C in less than 2 lines...
Nick, I can do it in one line, but it will suck style wise because I
cannot use #includes.
Can we stop this pissing contest now before anybody starts flouting
APL single-liners ?
Thanks.
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