Re: ignoring comments in a 'cat' call

2009-10-09 Thread Bob Proulx
Marc Herbert wrote: > Bob Proulx a écrit : > > > Note that if 'cat' didn't exactly reproduce the contents of input on > > > the output I would consider that a grave bug. > > Well... GNU cat has a number of options, and almost every single one is > munging the output :-) And they aren't desirabl

Re: ignoring comments in a 'cat' call

2009-10-09 Thread Marc Herbert
Bob Proulx a écrit : > > Tamlyn1978 wrote: >> >> Is there a way to make 'cat' ignore the comments or is there a better >> >> alternative to cat in this case? > > > > Note that if 'cat' didn't exactly reproduce the contents of input on > > the output I would consider that a grave bug. Well... GNU

Re: ignoring comments in a 'cat' call

2009-10-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Tamlyn1978 wrote: > I have a file with a list of programs with comments describing what they do, > e.g. > > unison # file syncronisation > grass # gis program > > I have a script, which I run as root and includes the command: > > m...@me:~$ aptitude install $(cat programs) -y > > where 'program

Re: ignoring comments in a 'cat' call

2009-10-07 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson
On Wed, 7 Oct 2009, Tamlyn1978 wrote: > I have a file with a list of programs with comments describing what they do, > e.g. > > unison # file syncronisation > grass # gis program > > I have a script, which I run as root and includes the command: > > m...@me:~$ aptitude install $(cat programs) -