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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting On how to select the right tool for a given task Post 302248606 by bakunin on Saturday 18th of October 2008 06:01:48 PM
Old 10-18-2008
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Originally Posted by Perderabo
I really have to agree with cfajohnson. Putting sed in a loop where you process, ...
This is all true, but not the point: cfajohnson claimed that sed is (or should be used) only for files. I challenged that claim by citing that using sed in a pipeline would be a counterexample for an equally sensible use of sed.

Additionally you are correct in assessing the use of any external program in a loop to be expensive in terms of system calls. That doesn't mean it can always be avoided though. Sometimes there is simply no other choice because shell expansion is limited in its possibilities. If your problem can be solved by it, good, if not, you have to resort to some external program with greater capabilities even at the expense of system calls.

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

gnome-appearance-properties

gnome-appearance-properties(1)					   User Commands				    gnome-appearance-properties(1)

NAME

       gnome-appearance-properties - configure GNOME desktop appearance

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-appearance-properties [--install-theme=file] [--show-page=page] [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  GNOME  appearance preference tool enables you to select how your GNOME desktop is themed.  The theme controls the appearance of GNOME-
       compliant application interface items. For example, the theme affects the appearance of buttons, scrollbar, check boxes, and so	on.   This
       preference  tool  can  also  be	used  to configure the background image, fonts used by the desktop, and the visual appearance of the GNOME
       panel.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -i, --install-theme=file        Installs the specified theme file.

       -p, --show-page=page	       Specify the page, or tab, to display.  The value can be: theme, background, fonts, or interface.

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications.  See gnome-std-options(5) for more  infor-
				       mation.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the gnome-appearance-properties tool

       example% gnome-appearance-properties

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties

	   Executable for gnome-appearance-properties

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Preference Tools Manual

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       gnome-control-center(1), attributes(5) gnome-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Written by Glynn Foster, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2007.

SunOS 5.11							    09 Nov 2007 				    gnome-appearance-properties(1)
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