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WPGPoseidon
Hello Don, Aia, and Bakunin...
Firstly, I would like to thank you and apologize...
No apologies needed because no offense was taken.
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WPGPoseidon
Maybe, I'm not yet familiar or knowledgeable for some terms or words that you are using or words that technically use in UNIX world. Or, I couldn't able to understand your requirements.
That is OK. Our general
modus operandi in such cases is to question the provided requirements as long as it takes until they are clearly defined. This is not trying to chastise you - not at all! But "i need X" is difficult to fulfill unless "X" is not defined. I could quote you reams of threads that go like this:
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Q: i need X
A: provides some X
Q: ahh, yes, but in fact the Xs are more like Ys
A: modifies his solution
Q: better yet, but sometimes there is no X but a Z instead
A: modifies his solution again
Q: Thats very good now. Is it possible to make every third Z an A?
A: quietly hangs himself on a power cable.
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WPGPoseidon
Anyways, about the solution that Aia provided, Don you are exactly right that there are some lines that really don't match on the columns and won't matched the output
This is exactly what Don and i were talking about. If Aias solution did help you - all the better. Kudos to him. But Don and i try to first find out the
whole problem and then do it right. Aia is convinced that providing
something first off helps better.
It is not my place to judge and it is Aias right to use his time as he pleases. If he exerts more effort than might be needed: maybe, but he alone is the judge if this is wasted effort or not.
I hope this helps.
bakunin