This isn't the same thing. Somebody had to write the STRIP command for VM. And the STRIP command only does that one thing. The Unix/Linux cut|sed is a more general facility that took much less programming effort than what you have to do under VM to get the same facilities.
You didn't show how you would do an FTP transfer under VM. -----Original Message----- From: Coffin Michael C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 8:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stripping trailing blanks? Hmmmm, Looking at all of these "easy to remember" ways to strip trailing blanks reminds me why I like VM/CMS and PIPES. So instead of one of the incredibly convoluted and "unfriendly" commands like this: ncftpget -W "$GX" -d $W/get.$$ -a -c -u $U -p $P $H $F\($mbr\) | (eval $PRE) >$W/$mbr I can execute a simple command like: PIPE < MY FILE A | STRIP | > MY NEWFILE A I've never been a big fan of the "slash-dot" language. :) Michael Coffin, VM Systems Programmer Internal Revenue Service - Room 6527 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20224 Voice: (202) 927-4188 FAX: (202) 622-3123 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Lucius, Leland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stripping trailing blanks? > I'm not sure it will work. One gotcha: > > # PRE="cut -b 1-72 | sed -e s/\ \*\$//" > > If this were't remmed out, you probably have had a non-functioning > script. > Hmmm, did you actually try the script? Did you look further down or did you just stop right at that line and assume you knew there was a problem? I believe you'll find that the "eval" in this line resolves this issue: ncftpget -W "$GX" -d $W/get.$$ -a -c -u $U -p $P $H $F\($mbr\) | (eval $PRE) >$W/$mbr Thanks for the input. Leland
