> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>
> >> Any ideas? I'm using the following right now:
> >
> >You can do it in bash-2. However, I really think sed will prove faster.
>
> Hmm.. Well, I'd rather stick to bash/sed than bash2. If it isn't
> possible with bash alone, then I'll do that. It is possible that
bash-2 (note the position of the hyphen) is in pinstripe. RHS has finally
decided to do the right thing.
> the scripting will require sed anyways so it isn't a major
> issue. I'm just wanting to minimalize external stuff when
> internal stuff can be used instead. Trying to build up better
> scripting skills basically.
>
> >For advanced bashing, I recommend you get a fishy (looks to me
> >like some kind of perch) book from oreilly's.
>
> Yes, I've been wanting to get that book for a while. I guess now
> would be a good time. ;o)
>
>
It has a bug.
At some place, it has this in an example.
somecommand}
It should be somecommand;}
A bug in bash-1, fixed in bash-2. It was one of thwo things that gave me problems with
I upgraded to bash-2 a year or two ago. The error was in the autofs startup script.
Oops. Back to procmail.
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