Problem with csplit .....

[David B.Anderson]

In article <218*finn.drablos at sintef.no> finn.drablos at sintef.no (Finn Drablos) writes:
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>csplit -k source.src /BEGIN/ {40}
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>lines. It does not use the pattern 40 times. I have tried /BEGIN/{40},

csh strips the {}.   Use:
	  csplit -k source.src /BEGIN/ \{40\}

Regards,
[ David B. Anderson  Silicon Graphics  (415)335-1548  davea at sgi.com ]
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