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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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Subject: Re: (FWD) Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/daily 200.backup-passwd 
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 04:11:38 PST, "Rodney W. Grimes" wrote:

> > 	sed 's/^\([ +-][^+-][^:]*\):[^:]*:/\1:(password):/'
> 
> IMNSO sed is the wrong tool here,

No arguments from me, since my awk skills are limited.  However, I'll
point out that sed is doing a decent job without turning into an
invocation mess.  The awk program you sent is much longer.  Oh, and it
produces absolutely no output whatsoever over here.  :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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