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On 01/22/12 13:26, Roy Smith wrote:
>> If you wanted to do it in one pass using standard unix
>> tools, you can use:
>>
>> sed -n -e'/^[0-2]/w first-three.txt' -e'/^[34]/w
>> next-two.txt' -e'/^[5-7]/w next-three.txt'
>>
> I stand humbled.

In all likelyhood, you stand *younger*, not so much humbled ;-)

-tkc