Subj : ctrl/sbbsecho.ini To : Tony Langdon From : mark lewis Date : Mon Aug 06 2018 03:49 pm On 2018 Aug 05 17:36:00, you wrote to me: TL>>> 3. A bit later, the DNS updating is done, taking the previously TL>>> generated nodelist and converting it into a DNS zone file. The DNS TL>>> is then recycled, to load the new zone file. ml>> with a new serial number, right? ;) TL> Yep, the Perl script that generates the zone file also updates the TL> serial number. Serial numbers and datestamps are easy peasy under TL> Linux. Being able to directly capture STDOUT into a variable is TL> extremely powerful. :) very! eg: printf "$(wc -l $1.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.txt\n" sort -n $1.txt | uniq > $1.sorted.uniq.txt printf "$(wc -l $1.sorted.uniq.txt | cut -d" " -f1) lines in $1.sorted.uniq.txt\n" )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... In the maw of the petrochemical/terrorist/Bush/military Matrix. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .