[Nottingham] Slow bash-ings for file line search

[Martin]

Peter Chang wrote:
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> [snipped]
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> 
>>         if [ "$id" -ge "0" ]
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> 
> I don't understand this line. You start with id=0 and increment it so this
> test is always true.

True (:-))

But not always true. With the MS-headers crap, the id count can start 
from "-2" for example to synchronise the two streams.


> The best way for doing this in awk is to go through the file and store
> lines that are between those markers and then on a transition point, spit
> out your tag and the stored lines.

Fair idea. They could easily be dumped to a tmp file and then appended 
when ready.

I'll see how painful the present hack gets before rewriting.


Could be a good excuse to upgrade to a dual core Opteron (:-))

Cheers,
Martin

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