Remember your pearls [was grep, maybe]

[Kevin D. Clark]

Ben Scott writes:

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile)
> <greg at freephile.com> wrote:
> > So, you've worked out a magnificent one-liner solution to a
> > interesting and recurring task.  How do you 'remember' your solution?
> 
>   They get saved in a file under $HOME/bin under an appropriate name,
> with appropriate comments.  Ideally, I turn them into a working
> "command" I can then use as needed.  (Occasionally they get turned
> into shell aliases or functions, if the mood strikes me.)

<aol>Me too!</aol>

This scheme really works for me.  For example, later this afternoon
I'm going to use a snippet of code I wrote in 2003 to analyze a ~1GB
logfile that I have been generating for over a week now.  It pays to
write clean and flexible code in the first place, and it pays to be
semi-organized as well.

Regards,

--kevin
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