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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Arg list too long error?  Here's a work-around.
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Date: 26 Nov 90 18:56:06 GMT
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In article <728@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM> mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) writes:
>I replaced it with
>egrep -v 'parma_a|parm_b|...|parm_r' filename.

	egrep -v 'parma_[a-r]' filename.

Would've been a lot less typing.

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM.     tif@doorstop, sc30661 at ausvm6
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