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A comment on Don Libes' Expect: A Surprisingly Underappreciated Unix Automation Tool. Parent comment

Re:Don Libes' Expect: A Surprisingly Underappreciated Unix A... by kazinator on Thursday December 08, 2016 @04:15PM (#13134370)
I'm well familiar with Awk RS="" paragraph mode and all, but I'm scratching my head why f = 4 to fetch three paragraphs.

[Edit]: Indeed, I ran your command verbatim and obtained one more paragraph: When they needed are more flexible language [...].

You sneaky devil!

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Re:Don Libes' Expect: A Surprisingly Underappreciated Unix A... by andlrc on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:21PM (#13135263)
> You sneaky devil!

He he. Never copy/paste shell code found on the internet :-)

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