* Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> * Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 01. 2002 00:33]:
>
> > > $ cat dynacolor.sh
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > awk '{printf("color index yellow default \"~f %s ~N\"\n", $1);}' <addrs.txt
>
> By the way, if anyone else wants to do this and the lines in addrs.txt
> have spaces, use $0 rather than $1.
>
> awk '{printf("color index yellow default \"~f \\\"%s\\\" ~N\"\n", $0);}' < addrs.txt
>
> Thank, David. Neat trick.
Indeed. A variation of this would be to provide different colors for
different people. For example, feegee would be yellow, but heegee would
be red.
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Carl B. Constantine University of Victoria
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