On Thu, 08 Feb 2001, you wrote:
> Hi Gentlemen:
>
> Would it be possible to write a script that would do this automatically
> for any new package install?
>
> For instance, if the script was called "ump" you would type "ump
> <package name> and it would insert the package name into the command
> "tar -xzvf <package name>.tar.gz; cd <package name>; less README" in the
> appropriate places, execute and leave you in the README for that
> package. That would eliminate a lot of repetitivly typing long package
> names, eliminate typing mistakes, always use the same command
> eliminating the "I forgot to ..." and "I should have ..." mistakes, and
> always start the README file to be scanned before "corrupting" a new
> package with incorrect parameters.
>
Should be fairly simple bash script --
tar xzvf <filename.tar.gz>
sleep 2
ifexist README
less README
or something like that (pseudocode, as I'm not a programmer! <G>)
John
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