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Subject: Re: [9fans] key management
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:42:04 -0500
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> presumably this should actually be:
> cat /mnt/factotum/ctl | tail -1 | sed 's/ !.*//;s/^/del/' | read -m >/mnt/factotum/ctl
> 
> for those with large numbers of keys?

i think you missed the tail -1.