Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!minya!jc
From: jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Neat little .newsrc fixer-upper.
Message-ID: <583@minya.UUCP>
Date: 7 May 88 03:17:15 GMT
References: <3931@killer.UUCP> <2083@quacky.mips.COM> <11237@mimsy.UUCP>
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In article <11237@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> In article <2083@quacky.mips.COM> dce@mips.COM (David Elliott) writes:
> >Why write a C program when a standard Unix utility can do the trick?
> >
> >sed [amazing sed command deleted]
> 
> Because sed has a limit of BUFSIZ (or LBSIZE, but I suspect that is
> for the hold buffer) length lines.
> 
And also because the C is easier to type, and takes fewer debug
runs to get right. (;-)

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