On 7/6/06, Patrick R. Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
larry price wrote:
mkdir $(for d in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do eval "date -v+${d}d +%A";done)
challenge to the perl monks; do the same thing in fewer
characters...
Um,
mkdir {Sun,Satur,Mon,Thurs,Tues,Wednes,Fri}day
Sometimes simpler is better, or at least shorter.
Though you can't really fault other languages for being longer,
the shell does have the home court advantage.
J.
Toman
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