> For what purposes will I find I need to use all these tools you write > about? > I'm talking about awk, ed, ex, etc. I haven't found the need to do so, yet, > but I'd like to possibly learn this stuff before I really do need it.
Such programs are usually used in shell scripts to parse out a part or some parts of a text output either from a text file or an output from a program such as ifconfig for instance. - Jefferson ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
