[Eug-lug] shell evilness

[toman]

>> On 7/6/06, Patrick R. Wade <prwade at oip.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> larry price wrote:
>>>       
>>>> mkdir $(for d in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do eval "date -v+${d}d +%A";done)
>>>>
>>>> challenge to the perl monks; do the same thing in fewer 
>>>>         
>> characters...
>>     
Um,
mkdir {Sun,Satur,Mon,Thurs,Tues,Wednes,Fri}day

Sometimes simpler is better, or at least shorter.
Though you can't really fault other languages for being longer,
the shell does have the home court advantage. 

                                                                      J. 
Toman