[KLUG Members] sed, regexp, and my tired brain

Adam Tauno Williams adam at morrison-ind.com
Wed Jun 1 10:20:48 EDT 2005


> > > Try
> > > sed -e "s/^\/\/ \([^ ]*\).*/$1/g"
> > oops, forgot, sed not perl
> > sed -e "s/^\/\/ \([^ ]*\).*/\1/g"
> Yep,  sed -e "s/^\/\/ \([^ ]*\).*/epsf[c]{\1.eps}/g" does it in one
> pass.  Cool; less forking, more working.

cat $5 | (echo -e "\000\c"; cat | sed "s/^\/\/ \([^ ]*
\).*/epsf[c]{\1.eps}/g") | enscript -e -o - | sendfax -T 5 -D -f
$USER at mormail.com -h hylafax -d $2

UNIX rulez!




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