Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: sed script to add >'s to quoted text Message-ID: Date: 23 Feb 91 16:51:59 GMT References: Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: dblack@pilot.njin.net's message of 23 Feb 91 15:31:35 GMT >>>>> On 23 Feb 91 15:31:35 GMT, dblack@pilot.njin.net (David Alan Black) said: David> I am trying to devise a simple shell script to add ">" to the David> beginning of every line of a text file containing an article or David> letter which I wish to quote in my response. You see, you are going about this all wrong. Your mail reader or news reader software should have the ability to put those ">"'s in (and take them out on lengthy quoted material that you are reading) for you. Some users, like my bad self, prefer even better than those wimpy ">"'s, e.g., someting dynamically chosen, like "David>" here, produced by GNU Emacs + GNUS + SuperCite, available in your grocers' freezer (actually, read the gnu.* groups for availability). -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com