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