Re: [dev] [PATCH] sbase: add cut

From: Uriel <uriel_AT_berlinblue.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 20:02:07 +0200

On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Kurt H Maier <khm-suckless_AT_intma.in> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 10:33:19AM -0400, Calvin Morrison wrote:
>>
>> I think cut is exactly the kind of job that awk (or sed) can be good
>> for. It seems crazy not to use an existing tool that implements all
>> the functionality, that can be nicely bundled in a a script.
>>
>
> To be honest, I feel the same way about head(1) -- why bother
> maintaining C when the tool is obviously a subset of another tool?

head(1) is utterly and completely idiotic. sed 11q is superior in
every possible way.
Received on Fri Aug 03 2012 - 20:02:07 CEST