* Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Brian Clark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Feb 01. 2002 00:33]: > > > > $ cat dynacolor.sh > > > #!/bin/sh > > > awk '{printf("color index yellow default \"~f %s ~N\"\n", $1);}' <addrs.txt > > By the way, if anyone else wants to do this and the lines in addrs.txt > have spaces, use $0 rather than $1. > > awk '{printf("color index yellow default \"~f \\\"%s\\\" ~N\"\n", $0);}' < addrs.txt > > Thank, David. Neat trick.
Indeed. A variation of this would be to provide different colors for different people. For example, feegee would be yellow, but heegee would be red. -- Carl B. Constantine University of Victoria Programmer Analyst http://www.uvic.ca UNIX System Administrator Victoria, BC, Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED]