11-16-2009
3000 lines with `date` in them means you create 3000 child processes - one for each date command. This is very expensive timewise.
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ncurses5-config
ncurses5-config(1) General Commands Manual ncurses5-config(1)
NAME
ncurses5-config - helper script for ncurses libraries
SYNOPSIS
ncurses5-config [options]
DESCRIPTION
This is a shell script which simplifies configuring applications against a particular set of ncurses libraries.
OPTIONS
--prefix
echos the package-prefix of ncurses
--exec-prefix
echos the executable-prefix of ncurses
--cflags
echos the C compiler flags needed to compile with ncurses
--libs echos the libraries needed to link with ncurses
--version
echos the release+patchdate version of ncurses
--abi-version
echos the ABI version of ncurses
--mouse-version
echos the mouse-interface version of ncurses
--bindir
echos the directory containing ncurses programs
--datadir
echos the directory containing ncurses data
--includedir
echos the directory containing ncurses header files
--libdir
echos the directory containing ncurses libraries
--mandir
echos the directory containing ncurses manpages
--terminfo
echos the $TERMINFO terminfo database path, e.g.,
/etc/terminfo
--terminfo-dirs
echos the $TERMINFO_DIRS directory list, e.g.,
/etc/terminfo:/lib/terminfo:/usr/share/terminfo
--termpath
echos the $TERMPATH termcap list, if support for termcap is configured.
--help prints this message
SEE ALSO
ncurses(3NCURSES)
This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20110404).
ncurses5-config(1)