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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Problems understanding example code Post 302338968 by cfajohnson on Wednesday 29th of July 2009 11:07:29 AM
Old 07-29-2009
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Originally Posted by Makaer
Just a couple more quick questions.

Code:
set -- $(ls -ld $file)

What is the use of the double --?

It indicates the end of option arguments; any further arguments will not be parsed as options. This is true of -- with any command.
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I have read up and it states that it doesnt allow change of any of the flag, useful in setting $1 to "-".

Im not 100% sure what it means, I have tested with one - and two and found that you could not change the file name whilst using one as an error occured.
 

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ppmtopgm(1)						      General Commands Manual						       ppmtopgm(1)

NAME
ppmtopgm - convert a portable pixmap into a portable graymap SYNOPSIS
ppmtopgm [ppmfile] DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces a portable graymap as output. The output is a "black and white" rendering of the original image, as in a black and white photograph. The quantization formula used is .299 r + .587 g + .114 b. Note that although there is a pgmtoppm program, it is not necessary for simple conversions from pgm to ppm , because any ppm program can read pgm (and pbm ) files automatically. pgmtoppm is for colorizing a pgm file. Also, see ppmtorgb3 for a different way of converting color to gray. And ppmdist generates a grayscale image from a color image, but in a way that makes it easy to differentiate the original colors, not necessarily a way that looks like a black and white photograph. QUOTE
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is gray, and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is a quantization error. SEE ALSO
pgmtoppm(1),ppmtorgb3(1),rgb3toppm(1),ppmdist(1),ppm(5),pgm(5) AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer. 10 April 2000 ppmtopgm(1)
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