On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 10:06 -0700, Merrill Oveson wrote: > Would doing this in the C shell solve this problem?
Friends don't let friend use csh. > If so, and forgive my ignorance, does the C shell have all the usual easy to > do: mkdir, mv, awk, sed, etc - capabilities? Those aren't part of Bash, they're plain old commands. /bin/mkdir /bin/mv /usr/bin/awk /bin/sed, etc. If you are having a problem keeping your variables clean, that's a sign that it's time to stop using the shell. Shell scripting should only be used to solve small, simple problems. Time to use a better language like Perl, Python or Ruby. -- When you tell me I should give proprietary software a fair technical evaluation because its features are so nice, what you are actually doing is saying "Look at the shine on those manacles!" to someone who remembers feeling like a slave. -- Eric S. Raymond /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
