On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Hans Schou <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Jay Hacker wrote: > > A usefull example: > cat /var/log/messages | cut -c1-$COLUMNS > >> * Integer division of N things numbered 0..N-1 by N maps consecutive >> items the same group; 1..N does not >> * Integer remainder of N things numbered 0..N-1 mod N gives nice, >> ordered round-robin groups; 1..N does not >> * Most clusters name their machines node000-nodeXXX >> * Having to escape $(( {#} - 1 )) in Bash is not pretty > > Can you give an example where this is used with parallel?
I am undecided either way, but I lay heavy weight on actual useful things you can do with the relevant starting number. So please help us find good examples for either 0 or 1 as starting number. /Ole
