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Steve Long wrote: |
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> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Steve Long <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk> |
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>> wrote: |
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>>> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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>>>> $(for ACRONYM in ${LinkedIn}; do echo -en "${ACRONYM},"; done; echo -ne |
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>>>> '\b') |
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>>> Now that *is* fail ;-) |
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>> Crap! I forgot, \b only works for displaying in the terminal; doesn't |
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>> actually "backspace" :( |
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> Eh works well enough for display (not file as you mentioned) ... <snip> |
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Gentlemen, please...can we talk about me for a minute? |
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Though entertaining, this byplay eats into my allotted fifteen minutes of fame. ;-) |
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Besides, you really want something like: |
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echo "knowledge of $(unset last; for ACRONYM in ${LinkedIn[*]}; |
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do echo -n ${last:+,}$arg; last=$arg; done)." |
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But I wasn't recruited to be a ebuild dev (Calchan would add, "yet") so I won't |
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point that out. |
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Thanks to all for the warm welcome! I promise to do my best to moderate the |
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forums in the capricious, arbitrary and inscrutable--err, I mean, fair and |
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balanced--manner to which we're all accustomed. |
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Ron Gemeinhardt - timebandit(at)gentoo.org |
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