> Ack. Not commenting on the script itself, but this is dangerous. > Depending on the shell, filename will be rewritten immediately > due to the '>' redirection, and thus this will end up making > the file blank. Also, Google for "Useless use of cat".
Ooops!! I did '> filename' without thinking as I was typing the mail. But the links on "useless use of cat" are rather interesting. I have been using cat uselessly rather often. Thanks for the pointer. Vikas _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
