Re: modules directories

[Michael Meskes <meskes@informatik.rwth-aachen.de>]

Bruce Perens writes:
> This simple Bash function can replace "cut". It's small enough to include
> in your preinst or postinst script.
> 
> Usage: pick delimiter-character-set field-number
> 	Space is always a member of the delimiter character set.
> 
> pick1() {
>         eval 'echo $'"$pick_index"
> }
> pick() {
>         OLD_IFS=IFS
> 		local delimiter="$1"
> 		shift
> 		pick_index="$1"
> 		shift
>         IFS=" "$delimiter
>         pick1 $*
>         IFS=$OLD_IFS
> 		unset pick_index
> }
> 
> version=$(uname -r)
> echo `pick . 1 $version`.`pick . 2 $version`

Sounds good Bruce. Thanks.

Wichert, what do you think?

Michael
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