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Old 03-15-2012
This is the lot of the lowley shell programmer, with a desire to soar like an Eagle but always pulled back down to earth by the c and bourne shells, (and Corona688 Smilie)
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Old 03-15-2012
thank you guys.. i checked ur codes and they are really helpful
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