discuss: proposal: text- and file-processing howto
Subject:
RE: proposal: text- and file-processing howto
From:
"Guru -" ####@####.####
Date:
18 Jan 2004 07:10:27 -0000
Message-Id: <SEA2-F33kidcDjoYAPN000003fc@hotmail.com>
Hi,
I think the idea is great, good luck with the work.
I look forward to reading it sometime.
Regards,
Gareth
>From: Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
>Reply-To: ####@####.####
>To: ####@####.####
>Subject: RE: proposal: text- and file-processing howto
>Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:41:47 -0800
>
>On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 00:00, Y Giridhar Appaji Nag wrote:
> > Carla Schroder wrote:
> > > I'm assembling a "Text- and File-Processing/Finding Things Howto". A
> > > sort of cookbook approach to using sed, awk, bash, Perl, find, grep,
> > > etc. Real-life actual useful code, like this:
> > >
> > > |awk '{t+=$1}END{print t}'
> > > Prints the total of numbers in column 1. Useful for things like the
> > > output of du(1).
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Carla,
> >
> > I think I quite like this idea. There would be a lot of people who would
> > benifit from the existance of such "recipe" style document.
> >
> > But I was also wondering, if a HOWTO would be a right thing in this case
>
>Sounds like a great idea, I agree. Since there is a specific scope to
>the document (Text and File manipulation), I think just a really good
>title and abstract ought to do the trick. If it's going to be heavy
>with little snippets of info, consistency will be important, so you'll
>want to really consider the layout.
>
>Tab
>
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>Tabatha Marshall
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