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Article #1078Re: bourne shell query
From: Topher Eliot
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 1990 14:08
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 1990 14:08
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In article <SCOTT.90Sep5124415@tab29.larc.nasa.gov>,
scott@tab29.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Yelich) writes:
|>
|> Sometimes people program for the ART of it (Oh no! Did I say that?)
|>
|> for instance, which do you prefer? Which do you consider better
form?
...
|> 2) test "$1" = "$2" && echo "Yeas!" || echo "No-way!"
...
|> 4) eval ${1:+'echo "Yup!"'}
|> I prefer 2 and 4....
My wife and I have for a long time had an inside joke: "I can't
understand
it. It must be Art." I never thought I'd apply it to a shell
script...
--
Topher Eliot
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!rutgers!mcnc!rti!dg-rtp!dg-rtp.dg.com!eliot From: eliot@dg-rtp.dg.com (Topher Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: bourne shell query Message-ID: <1990Sep6.140844.530@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 6 Sep 90 14:08:44 GMT References: <26DC6447.15922@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <8446@orca.wv.tek.com> <SCOTT.90Sep5124415@tab29.larc.nasa.gov> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: eliot@dg-rtp.dg.com Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 24