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Old 05-22-2011, 12:15 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by porphyry5 View Post
Thanks to both catkin and grail for your above posts, and now we have come full circle. Seems like bash has some "2 to the googolplex power" different ways of doing things (slight exaggeration), so if one don't work, try another
Multiplicity of solutions is the hallmark of any powerful language and bash, in its own domain, is powerful. Some of the solutions are more elegant than others; even when you are fluent with bash there are neat techniques to be learned on LQ.
 
  


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