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From: umueller@iiic.ethz.ch (Urban Dominik Mueller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for a new 'join' command
Message-ID: <29189@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
Date: 4 Jun 91 10:30:04 GMT
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References: <clemon.3680@lemsys.UUCP> <1265@cbmger.UUCP>
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Reply-To: umueller@iiic.ethz.ch (Urban Dominik Mueller)
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In article <1265@cbmger.UUCP> peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:
>In article <clemon.3680@lemsys.UUCP> clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon) writes:
>>
>>        Hello world.  I'm looking for a newer, better join command designed
>>towards concatenating large numbers of large files.
>>
>>        join #? as map
>
>Didn't try, but perhaps the 2.0 version of join does already that.

You can also use CShell (any version), which works under Kick 1.3:
  alias stuff "%a join -r $a map map2; delete map; rename map2 map
The call would then be:
  stuff *
This will add all articles at once, in alphabetical order. If you
want them in newest-at-the-top order, use:
  stuff $(dir -nt)
Which can be made an additional alias. Again, the job will be made
in one rush, ie. fast.

If this is too esoteric for you, use the ARP join command, it allows
patterns the way you need them.

    -Dominik