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From: davea@quasar.wpd.sgi.com (David B.Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Problem with csplit .....
Message-ID: <70823@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 1 Oct 90 23:25:33 GMT
References: <218*finn.drablos@sintef.no>
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In article <218*finn.drablos@sintef.no> finn.drablos@sintef.no (Finn Drablos) writes:
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>csplit -k source.src /BEGIN/ {40}
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>lines. It does not use the pattern 40 times. I have tried /BEGIN/{40},

csh strips the {}.   Use:
	  csplit -k source.src /BEGIN/ \{40\}

Regards,
[ David B. Anderson  Silicon Graphics  (415)335-1548  davea@sgi.com ]
[``What can go wrong?''                          --Calvin and Hobbes]