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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sh command shell script writing. i'm stuck
Date: 26 Jul 1996 17:03:53 +0100
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Victor Aker (bryanm@north.island.net) wrote:
: tempuser=$(ls /home | cat -n | grep -G "$counter"
Personally, I prefer
ls /home | sed -n ${counter}'{ p; q; }'
I've fount awk to be slow (although richer) relative to sed.
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....