On Fri, 7 Dec 2012, mark wrote:
On 12/06/12 19:23, Steve Brooks wrote:
Why are you doing all that piping and grepping? And the -F" " confuses me...oh, I see. First, whitespace is the default field separator in awk. Then, are you asking if there's a line with a "." in it, or just any non-whitespace? If the latter... mmm, I see, you *really* don't understand awk.
Ok Mark very nice of you to help Craig. He does not claim to be an expert in "awk" or even competent ---> Which is obviously why he is asking for help in the first place. No need for the sarcasm and to belittle the poster. Remember lots of people looking for help will be directed to this answer and your help could be much appreciated....
Steve, first of all, this would have been more appropriate to email me offlist, unless you intend to try to do to me what you accuse me of doing to Craig.
Sorry Mark you are right I should not have sent it to the list, apologies to you and to the list for that mistake. Wasn't having a good day and should have gone straight to bed instead of trying to do more work! Things always look different in the morning.
Regards,
Steve