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Date: 28 Oct 2010 19:40:12 -0000
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From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] writing filters in sh
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>I was hoping for a generalized, simple idiom for this, rather than
>needing to implement it myself, for demonstration purposes

----------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh

cat "$@" | 
while read x
do
   echo "I saw $x"
done
----------------------------------------

Sheesh.

R's,
John