Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:38:51 +1100 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports tidy-up sweep Message-ID: <199612190738.SAA17488@nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <96Dec18.085846pst.177712@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 1996 08:58:37 PST Bill Fenner wrote: > Oh, I was just copying Mike's grep suggestion. My suggestion is really > just to get rid of the grep; if you're happy with "grep $$file" then > awk "/$$file/" is just as good. Getting rid of the grep isn't necessarily a win -- lots of times (with AT&T awk, at least) I've found it faster to pre-select interesting lines with grep before operating on them with awk. Giles
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