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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: #! magic number
Message-ID: <1788@ttrdc.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Jun-87 04:30:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: ttrdc.1788
Posted: Sun Jun 28 04:30:33 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 29-Jun-87 01:37:56 EDT
References: a7879@brl-adm.ARPA> <2211@bunker.UUCP> <1097@mtune.ATT.COM> <7180@mimsy.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Skokie, IL
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Summary: like using cannon to kill gopher

In article <7180@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
< In article <21681@sun.uucp> guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
< >"#!" was not concocted merely to solve the C shell vs. Bourne shell
< >problem.
< And indeed, it does more:
< 	% egrep uucp:: /etc/passwd
< 	uucp::16:16:UNIX-to-UNIX Copy:/usr/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/recording
< 	% cat /usr/lib/uucp/recording
< 	#! /bin/awk NR > 1 { print }
		[message] 
< 	%
< `#! /bin/sed 1d' works too.

This is like using a cannon to kill a gopher.

Why not

/bin/cat << !
	[message]
!

which will also work on systems other than "Berserkeley" UNIX.
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