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erebus · Sep 18th, 2004, 8:33 PM

Nice oneliner, bro. Overkill, but very nice... I could crank out an awk version, but it would be too similiar to that one, and it just does the job well enough. If you want it to run a little bit faster, try this:

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$ grep "linux" foo | tail -1

Sep 18th, 2004, 8:33 PM	#3
erebus Programmer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: /dev/null Posts: 65 Rep Power: 5	Nice oneliner, bro. Overkill, but very nice... I could crank out an awk version, but it would be too similiar to that one, and it just does the job well enough. If you want it to run a little bit faster, try this: (Toggle Plain Text) $ grep "linux" foo \| tail -1 $ grep "linux" foo \| tail -1 __________________ <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" - Mao Tse-Tung</span></span>