Leroy Tennison wrote: > No kidding, but in that "other OS" the answer to the question "how can I > create that report" is usually "You can't unless you spend money for a > third-party application". > "Other", singluar? Did you mean WinDoze, or on an IBM mainframe, or...? mark "been around the block" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "m roth" <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "centos" <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:27:28 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Bash help > > Warren Young wrote: >> On Oct 25, 2017, at 11:00 AM, Leroy Tennison <leroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> Although "not my question", thanks, I learned a lot about array >>> processing from your example. >> >> Yeah, it’s amazing how many obscure corners of the Bash language must be >> tapped to solve such a simple problem. I count 7 features in that >> script >> that I almost never use, because I’d have just written this one in Perl >> if >> not required to write it in Bash by the OP. > <snip> > Let me say this: among the many reasons I like *Nix: in any other o/s, > it's "how co I create this report, and it takes from 2 days to 2 weeks. In > *Nix, it's "of all the ways I can create this report, how would I *prefer* > to do it...." > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos