Need a command or script

[Dazed_75]

>
> Again, if there are no spaces in the file names, you might do something
> like:
>
> newfile=mynewfile
> oldfile=myoldfile
> rm $newfile
> while read cmd arg1 arg2 rest_of_line; do
>   if [ -z "$rest_of_line" ] && [ ! -z "$arg2" ]; then
>     echo "$cmd $arg2 $arg1" >>$mynewfile
>   else
>     echo "bypassed: $cmd $arg1 $arg2 $rest_of_line"
>   fi
> done < $myoldfile
>
> 'nuf sed. ;)
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
>
Eric,

I have not tried this yet, but reading it looks like it is intended to
be a script file which one would edit to replace the first two lines
with the real file names and then run it.  The error processing is a
good addition.

Larry
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