Globbing

[Bill Hacker]

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Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Bill Hacker wrote:
>>>> After all, if use of find or xargs accomplishes the task w/o ill 
>>>> effects on memory, then what prevents creation of a compiled utility 
>>>> that has that same sort of 'flavor' of approach  - just hard-wired 
>>>> from the get-go?
>>>     It would have to be a shell builtin
>> An assumption based on legacy.
> 
> rm() {
>         args=rm
>         while [ "$#" -lt 0 ]
>         do
>                 case "$1" in
>                 -*) args="$args $1"; shift ;;
>                 *) break ;;
>                 esac
>         done
> 
>         echo "$@" | xargs $args
> }
> 

Thanks,

I (think) I understand what it is expected to do, but have missed 
something, as a cut n' paste hasn't (done that) yet.

Not in ksh anyway.

Example of syntax 'in use'? i.e. what to feed it...

Bill