On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, McKown, John wrote: > Well, just because I know that everybody is dying of curiousity about what > I've done. I created the shell script: > > #!/bin/sh > cut -c1-72 $1 | sed -e 's/\ *$//' >$2 > > I invoke it in a subdirectory with: > > for i in *;do ../nonum.sh $i $i.ext;done >
A lot of people use the dot-sh suffix. I presume some of them think it's needed. It's not, and it doesn't even mean a lot to me, a reader. Why would I trust you to get it right? If I want to know what kind of executable, I use the file command. If it's a script, I then may use the less command. A script like that is very useful for fixing HTML too;-) For that, though, I tend to use some other editor than sed. Aother utility you should be aware of is awk. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
