On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 17:44 +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: I could debate with you whether > /usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults \ > | tr " " "\n" \ > | grep -- "--$1" \ > | tail -n 1 \ > | cut -d= -f2 is harder to read than > /usr/sbin/mysqld --print-defaults | > sed -ne "s/^.*--$1=\\([^ ]\\+\\).*\$/\\1/p" Both require knowledge of a particular tools - one only one tool though. Once you have that knowledge I would suggest that the single command version is easier to read (though I personally would use awk). Also, in pursuit of faster boot times, the single process solution is more keen. Of course this would all be so much simpler if we could actually use the power of modern shells (post 1993) in init scripts - subprocesses wouldn't be required at all....
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