Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:20:58 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to say this in Bash? Message-ID: <4A1AD37A.5030003@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <904563.63141.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <904563.63141.qm@web57001.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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