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On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 07:41:18 +0900
Jason Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


> > I'm sorry to say, but I think you might have just exceeded the
> > capabilities of bash.  You can play around with stuff, but it looks
> > like bash likes to ditch leading spaces.  I think you need to crack
> > open the perl man pages or possibly go to temp files from within
> > procmail.
> >

Not entirely, check below


> 
> Yeah, I tried that too. I take it this is why real programmers often
> scoff at bash "programmers". So what're bash scripts good for then?
> Just automation with a small amount of primitive conditionals?


Actually, May I suggest a look at AWK , very often used
together with bash when bash raises its head to show bald spots?


//Spider


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