On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, James L. McGill wrote:
On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, mailbox wrote:
* $"`cat word.list | awk '(NR>1){printf("|")};{printf($1)}'`"
I do not mean to beat a dead horse, but isn't:
* $"`awk '(NR>1){printf("|")};{printf($1)}' < word.list`"
a lot more efficient than using cat?
Yes. That works also, and is shorter. The error was due to me
interpolating something I had been given but didn't understand. I
guess I get the "unnecessary use of cat" award for the day.
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