Hi David, > > I am not sure about that shell syntax; someone else will have to confirm > > if it's portable enough. > > ! isn't portable. Neither is egrep -q.
What kind of portability are we aiming at? ! is in POSIX; http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_02 Similarly, `grep -Eq' is too; http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/grep.html#tag_20_55_04 Are you thinking of a Sun without modern stuff in its path? Cheers, Ralph. _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
