Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 17:03:47 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Nick Rogness <nick@rapidnet.com> Cc: Fotis Georgatos <fotis@ripe.net>, Konstantin Chuguev <Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Periodic scripts [Was: Re: /etc/security -> /etc/periodic/security ?] Message-ID: <2905.962377427@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jun 2000 08:43:24 MDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006300829350.98393-100000@rapidnet.com>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006300829350.98393-100000@rapidnet.com>, Nick Rognes
s writes:
>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, I can do it in one line, but it will suck style wise because I
cannot use #includes.
Can we stop this pissing contest now before anybody starts flouting
APL single-liners ?
Thanks.
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