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cas
– cas

2015-10-28 23:58:20 +00:00
Commented Oct 28, 2015 at 23:58
I do not have Perl installed, sorry. I'd prefer a command line code.

bissi
– bissi

2015-10-29 00:04:22 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 0:04
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i recommend installing perl or asking your sysadmin to install perl - it's far too useful a tool to not have it installed. or maybe someone here feels like rewriting the script in awk (it wouldn't be difficult). personally, i only use awk for fairly simple things and perl for anything more complicated (because perl is much easier than awk to write complicated things in)

cas
– cas

2015-10-29 00:10:35 +00:00
Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 0:10

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