SPUG: Should I not do while (<FOO> !~ /^mailboxes/) { } ?

[Dean Hudson]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:01:11PM -0800, Chris Wilkes wrote:

> I'm a little leary about using grep like this as it sucks in all of
> <FOO> into a big array and then goes over it.  But I know this file
> is only going to be a couple dozen lines so I'm fine.

Know your enemy. Then type as little as possible but no less, lest the
forward compatibility police find you and hit you in the head with a
melon.

dean.

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