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	(message from Chip Camden on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:17:12 -0700)
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From: vogelke+unix@pobox.com (Karl Vogel)
Subject: Re: [OT] writing filters in sh
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>> On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:17:12 -0700, 
>> Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> said:

C> Perhaps someone with more sh fu can transform the 'if' paragraph into a
C> one-liner at least.  When I tried to do so, I got an unexpected ; error.

   Try this:

     #!/bin/sh
     test $# -ge 1 && cat $@ | exec $0 && exit 0

     IFS=$'\n'
     while read data; do
       echo "$data"
     done
     exit 0

   Resetting IFS is only necessary if you want to preserve whitespace in
   each line.  Putting $data in quotes prevents any shell metacharacters
   from being expanded.

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