On Tuesday 21 November 2006 22:00, Randall R Schulz wrote: > As a general rule, all but the very simplest one-off commands should not > be entered directly to an interactive command line. Instead, create a > script and work on the invocation there. Likewise, even if you think a > command should be simple enough to enter directly to the shell prompt, > if you don't get it right after a couple of tries, put it in a script. > Lastly, if there's even an outside chance that the command will prove > useful again in the future, stash it away to save time the next time > you need to do the same thing or something similar.
Great advice, Randall - I'll use it from now on. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
