03-15-2011
Thaks hergp, that is what I am looking for.. I was wondering what makes my code fail, now I found answer for it.
Short-cut syntax for 'if' construct is really very un-safe and does not replace standard structure. God forbid a un-expected issue makes your last statement in if condition fail, it would cause control go into else part. If its doing a critical work in Production, you will go nuts as to what hit this logic :-)!
Does any one dispute my conclusions? If not stop using short-cut 'if' construct in business critical programs..
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SYNOPSIS
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OPTIONS
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-d Change the column delimiter to delim
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-s Suppres lines with no delimiter characters, when used
EXAMPLES
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DESCRIPTION
[file...]" delimiter character ( see delim)" with the -f option. Lines with no delimiters are passwd through untouched"
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SEE ALSO
sed(1), awk(9).
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