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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:43:24 -0600 (MDT)
From: Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com>
To: Fotis Georgatos <fotis@ripe.net>
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Fotis Georgatos wrote:

> Why bother with complex shell scripts when you can have most
> needed functionality in a single C program?
> I've found myself replacing 10-20 lines of shell code with a single line.

	WHAT?  Are you crazy?  I've found just the opposite.
	What shell scripting are you using?  Example to find # of 
	duplicate usernames in your password file:

	#!/usr/local/bin/ksh
	VAR1=`awk -F: '{print $1}' /etc/passwd|grep -cx $1`
	print "Number of occurences of $1 in /etc/passwd: $VAR1"

	Let me see you replicate that in C in less than 2 lines...


Nick Rogness
- Speak softly and carry a Gigabit switch.




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