From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2017-02-21, Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   > On 2017-02-21 08:52, William Unruh wrote:   
   >> On 2017-02-21, Sidney_Kotic  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> On that new file,  Place " at the beginning and   
   >> end of the name. run awk over the sorted file and put in the new directory.   
   >> so each line looks like   
   >> "/old/location/and/name"   "/new/place/with/name"   
   >   
   > I prefer two or more files, one exact line per entry, so that I can read   
   > an entire line and assign to a single variable. No parsing.   
   >   
   > Or arrays in memory. You can have one for the old and another for the   
   > new, with the index number marking the relationship.   
   >   
      
   And I like readable stuff so a human can read it and make alterations by   
   hand, esp for "one-off" jobs and when you are just learning. Being elegant   
   takes a back step to getting the job done.   
      
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