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  4. From: rbj@uunet.uu.net (Root Boy Jim)
  5. Subject: Re: most egregious modulus program
  6. Message-ID: <1991Aug25.182128.25335@uunet.uu.net>
  7. Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA
  8. References: <1991Aug23.234156.21347@netlabs.com>
  9. Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1991 18:21:28 GMT
  10.  
  11. In <1991Aug23.234156.21347@netlabs.com> lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall) writes:
  12. >[Sorry 'bout all the crossposting, but there's no rec.nroff.abuse yet...]
  13.  
  14. Nor is there rec.nroff.poetry.
  15.  
  16. >The ;login: journal graciously printed my entry to the "Most Egregious
  17. >Misuse of Unix Utilities" contest...
  18.  
  19. >    `echo "10^$1" | bc | tr -d 1 | sed 's/0/0 /g'` \&
  20.  
  21. This is definitely egregious.
  22. It uses too many processes.
  23. Fold the tr command into the sed.
  24. -- 
  25.         Desolation Row Jimmy <rbj@uunet>
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