also sprach John S. J. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.04.15.1243 +0200]:
> jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > dpkg -l | sed -e 's/$/<br>/ > dpkg.html
> > dpkg -l | perl -e 'while(<>) { s/$/<br>/ && print }' > dpkg.html
>
> <golf type="perl">
> dpkg -l | perl -lpe 's/$/<BR>/' > dpkg.html
> </golf>
>
> Darn, I thought I could make it shorter than the sed version...he left out a quote with sed: two characters to go. perl -pe suffices: one character the length of the program doesn't really count: same length... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED] a c programmer asked whether computers have buddha's nature. as the answer, the master did "rm -rf" on the programmer's home directory. and then the c programmer became enlightened...
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