[wellylug] simple super basic bash question

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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 19:10:02 +1300, Enkidu  wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:00:34 +1300, you wrote:
> >If you think of cut as 'select', grep/sed as 'where', join as 'join',
> >you've got a relational database from bash.  It does actually work
> >too, for very simple problems.
> >
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> 
> Writing databases in shell is like teaching an elephant to tap dance -
> interesting if you can do it, but no practical use.

For the most part, I think you are right -- it's just an exercise in
intellectual curiosity.

However, it's of at least some practical use if you have a system with
extremely limited resources, if you want to minimise what is installed
for other (e.g. security) reasons, or if you just can't be faffed
installing mysql/postgres/perl modules (I fit the third category).

Just out of interest, if I were the owner of said tap-dancing
elephant, would it count as practical use if I could make a lot of
money charging people to watch? :-)

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Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')