Ben Scott writes: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) > <g...@freephile.com> wrote: > > So, you've worked out a magnificent one-liner solution to a > > interesting and recurring task. How do you 'remember' your solution? > > They get saved in a file under $HOME/bin under an appropriate name, > with appropriate comments. Ideally, I turn them into a working > "command" I can then use as needed. (Occasionally they get turned > into shell aliases or functions, if the mood strikes me.)
<aol>Me too!</aol> This scheme really works for me. For example, later this afternoon I'm going to use a snippet of code I wrote in 2003 to analyze a ~1GB logfile that I have been generating for over a week now. It pays to write clean and flexible code in the first place, and it pays to be semi-organized as well. Regards, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E God, I loved that Pontiac. alumni.unh.edu!kdc -- Tom Waits http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
