Re: 808ercise: Shell Golf

[mike808@users.sourceforge.net]

Bzzzzzzzzzt.

Weiqi tried and failed (sorry about the line wrap):
> echo "for x in *;do file \$x|grep -q script&&[ -x \$x ]&&grep -H \
> that\ pays \$x;done"|sh
> 
> 88!

> On Fri, 2003-04-18 at 15:15, mike808@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> > A solution is disqualified if a test case can demonstrate any of:
> > 1. The command produces any output other than the matching grep output.
> > 2. Performs grep searches of any file other than script files.
> > 3. Does not perform a grep search of all script files.
> > 4. Does not locate an instance of the phrase 'that pays' in a script file.

Your solution will fail for a binary executable containing the phrase that
just happens to be named 'this is not a script'.(#2)

Your solution may also fail for files containing spaces in their names.(#1,#2)

Very close, though.

After two more worthy attempts, I'll post my solution. 

Mike808/

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