Gordon Messmer wrote > The perl script may over write one file with another whose contents are > different. I'd consider that the Wrong Thing. mv(1) also overwrites files with different contents. So does cat(1). I don't see how that is relevant in any case, as it was not in the original problem specification. > The shell script is slow, but with the "echo" line fixed, it should do > the Wrong Thing in far fewer cases than the other versions posted. Depending on your version of the Wrong Thing(TM), I suppose. It will do exactly what the original question asked, and it will do it quickly. It will not save you from yourself, though, which is not the point anyway ;) Maybe I'm just being defensive, I dunno. Your logic is the same as that which aliases rm to 'rm -i' in a default RH box. That, along with kudzu, is one of the first things I undo after an install. When I want to rm(1) something, I mean it. If I wanted to be asked if I wanted to do something, I'd be running windows. -justinb -- Justin Banks Constant Data, Inc. http://www.constantdata.com -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
