Bob Proulx wrote:
Besically in the shell the use of dirname and basename are going to
be less efficient because they are silly things to begin with. It
is a very simple operation and there are whole external commands for
doing it? Wow.
Yes, there are. Bourne shell(*) can't do the tricks that have been
posted as alternatives, whereas 'basename' and 'dirname' are portable.
Why do you think 'test' is still in coreutils? :-)
--
Matthew
OFFICER throws a tear gas grenade at you. You start to feel nauseous.
You need fresh air quickly.
> OPEN WINDOWS
Sorry, I have a philosophical objection to Microsoft products.
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