linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh

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Message-Id: <200901031936.04642.rob@landley.net>
Date:	Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:36:04 -0600
From:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:	Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>
Cc:	Embedded Linux mailing list <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3]: Replace kernel/timeconst.pl with kernel/timeconst.sh

On Saturday 03 January 2009 06:28:22 Ingo Oeser wrote:
> > +for i in "MSEC 1000" "USEC 1000000"
> > +do
> > +	NAME=$(echo $i | awk '{print $1}')
>
> cut -d' ' -f1  does the same
>
> > +	PERIOD=$(echo $i | awk '{print $2}')
>
> cut -d' ' -f2  does the same

>From a standards perspective 
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/cut.html vs 
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html is probably 
a wash, but from a simplicity perspective using the tool that _isn't_ its own 
programming language is probably a win. :)

I made the change in the second round of patches I just posted.

Thanks,

Rob
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