Re: Korn shell question

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address@usa.net)
Date: 04/19/03

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    From: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2003 00:49:02 GMT

    in comp.unix.shell i read:
    >"Eric Moors" <scare.crow@oz.land> wrote in message
    >news:pan.2003.04.18.08.36.54.195587.27057@oz.land...

    >> sed is a stream editor. The infile isn't edited in place.

    >anyway to edit the file in place?

    use ed.

    >I know people have written databases with korn shell. Well you cant keep
    >redirecting if you are doing updates and deletes all the time, it would be
    >too slow?

    of course it would be slow, as would any database implemented in an
    interpreted scripting language. 

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