Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Eric G. Miller [2001.12.30.0056 +0100]: > Somewhat analogous, but a pipe is a stream of bytes that is not exactly > analogous to passing by value, because if the program needs to move > around in that byte stream, it still must copy the data... i give you that. i was thinking of it mo

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:14:30 +0100, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Eric G. Miller [2001.12.29.2350 +0100]: > > C always uses pass by value, C++ can do both. But, what does that > > have to do with shell scripts and pipes? > > C can pass by reference, no? No. C always

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread dman
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 12:14:30AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: | also sprach Eric G. Miller [2001.12.29.2350 +0100]: | > C always uses pass by value, C++ can do both. But, what does that | > have to do with shell scripts and pipes? | | C can pass by reference, no? No, but it can fake it good

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Eric G. Miller [2001.12.29.2350 +0100]: > C always uses pass by value, C++ can do both. But, what does that > have to do with shell scripts and pipes? C can pass by reference, no? think about it: i pass by value when i pipe into a program, and i pass by reference when i tell that sa

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:08:06 +0100, martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.1955 +0100]: > > Check out the differences in pass by value / pass by reference in c > > and c++ > > not bad. an interesting comparison! C always uses pass by val

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach hanasaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.1955 +0100]: > Check out the differences in pass by value / pass by reference in c > and c++ not bad. an interesting comparison! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [E

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread hanasaki
Check out the differences in pass by value / pass by reference in c and c++ David Z Maze wrote: Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LH> I am trying to write a script and I need to remove the top 3 lines of a LH> file. I thought tail would be the tool for the job. LH> LH> The script is

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread David Z Maze
Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: LH> I am trying to write a script and I need to remove the top 3 lines of a LH> file. I thought tail would be the tool for the job. LH> LH> The script is: LH> LH> enscript -1 -r -M Letter -p outputfile $1 LH> LH> I need tail to take off the top 3 line

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread dman
On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 09:56:13AM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: | I am trying to write a script and I need to remove the top 3 lines of a | file. I thought tail would be the tool for the job. | | The script is: | | enscript -1 -r -M Letter -p outputfile $1 | | I need tail to take off the top 3

Re: using tail in a pipe and script

2001-12-29 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Lance Hoffmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.29.1656 +0100]: > enscript -1 -r -M Letter -p outputfile `tail +3 $1` > > does not work. I have not had much experience at pipes and such (as one > can plainly see). What modifications do I need to get this script to > work? have a look a