And the prize GOES TO... Re: And the prize goes to... Re: Oops. And a brainteaser. Re: The Hosstraders retire

[Bill Sconce]

What an anaylsis.  Correct in every respect, pointing out one
possibility after another, concluding (correctly) that one after
another wasn't the problem...

On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:44:59 -0500
"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>   ...your "grep" command should certainly find all the messages...
>   ...I double-checked, and the messages in question do indeed...
>   ...You did a case-insensitive search, so that's not it...
>          ...
>   ...perhaps the files were returned in ASCII sort order, not
>      numeric sort order, and you happened to hit bad luck around
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>      the message numbers.  That is to say, if I have files named
>      <1>, <3>, and <2438>, and apply a simple ASCII sort is
>      applied, <2438> will come before <3>.

BINGO.

>From here:
    <snip>
    -rw------- 1 sconce users    4442 2005-12-31 12:15 4572
    -rw------- 1 sconce users    3867 2005-12-31 12:15 4573
    -rw------- 1 sconce users    3495 2005-12-31 16:16 4574
    -rw------- 1 sconce users    4469 2006-01-01 15:29 4575
    </snip>
    
the next few are: 
    -rw-------  1 sconce users    5127 2006-01-01 15:29 4576
    -rw-------  1 sconce users    2137 2006-01-01 15:29 4577
    -rw-------  1 sconce users    2268 2006-01-01 15:29 4578
    -rw-------  1 sconce users    3656 2006-01-01 15:29 4579
    -rw-------  1 sconce users    3685 2005-01-27 14:22 458
                                         ^
                                       2005!

Returning to the original problem, here's the last part of my grep,
edited for width:
    9156:39:- HossTraders  (BillMcGonigle)
    9156:40:  http://wiki.gnhlug.org/.../HossTraders
    9656:54:possible after Hosstraders, ...
    9667:50:Hosstraders can act as the Board of Directors. ...
    9667:61:1. Affirm the by-laws as signed at Hosstraders. ...
    9672:62:> Hosstraders can act as the Board of Directors. ...
    9672:73:> 1. Affirm the by-laws as signed at Hosstraders. ...
    9674:81:> Hosstraders can act as the Board of Directors. ...
    9674:92:> 1. Affirm the by-laws as signed at Hosstraders. ...
    9763:48:documents at Hosstraders) was held at 6 PM. ...

What I really wanted was:
    10265:77:Radio "Hosstraders" event held twice a year.
    10273:49:Hosstrader's last fall.
    10290:97:>Hosstrader's last fall.
  > 10471:34:Subject: HossTraders No More
  > 10471:49:I just received  notice that HossTraders is gone/finis.

What I was really looking for, message/file "10471", was among the
other files whose names start with "1".  WAY up off the screen.


Congratulations, Ben!

worth_more_than_a_coffee_at_least_a_stout'ly yrs,

Bill