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From: bk@analytikerna.se (Bengt KLEBERG)
To: rc@archone.tamu.edu
Subject: Re: is there any clever way of doing 'read' in rc scripts?
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1991 03:04:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9109170804.AA03739@analytikerna.se> (raw)

Hi,

The simple `{head -1} can then be wrapped into
fn read {
head -1
}

and used like this
var = `read

There are probably snags. Please let me know when you find them. (Is this
so simple that it wouldn't fit in the rc library?)

Best Wishes, Bengt


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