Re: Useless Use Of Regexes

On 3/26/25 12:51 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:47:11 -0400, c186282 wrote:
 

    Hmmm ... one of the things that attracted me to the Unix side long
    long ago was the 'C-shell' ...
    yet for some reason I never DID anything with it.
    Perhaps time for a second look .....

 I used tcsh for years and even had a Windows version. I switched to bash
reluctantly when it became the default on most Linux distros. It was
annoying since I had a number of aliases that had to be rewritten as
functions in .bashrc.  I saw that more as a bug than a feature.

   Well, they were never made to be "the same" ....
   LOOKED for good stuff oh csh/tcsh yesterday and
   surprisingly not MUCH useful stuff/examples to
   be found - at least in the first page or two of
   search results. As such I'd say it's become rather
   "unpopular" ... though not necessarily bad or
   incapable.
   A much more 'C-ish' shell DOES appeal to me. DID
   also come across a utility that proports to turn
   Bash scrips INTO executable 'C' ... gotta fool
   with that for awhile. However initially writing
   in something more like 'C' is where the appeal
   lies.
   Found, ran, a few simple csh examples ... all
   good. But, gotta see how to EXPAND those.
   TODAY'S job ... wanna move my existing MX install
   on a BMax unit to my newer BeeLink N150 unit so
   I can use the extra CPU to combine two boxes
   into one. Now, HOW does fuckin' WORM set static
   IP addresses ..... I posted on that a year or so
   ago .......... they should have stuck to /etc/
   networking like all the historical examples ....
   MX does include a 'clone' utility - sparse
   backup that will produce an installable ISO.
   I've used it before and it WORKS. That's my
   path - minimal work afterwards. N95 Gen 12 to
   N150 Gen-13 should give the extra oomph to
   combine what I've needed two N95 boxes to do.
   New board still has 16gb, but a 1tb M.2 SSD
   for under $200us. Figured I'd better buy NOW
   as the Trump tariffs are gonna screw things
   up pretty bad for awhile.
   The old N95s ... I'll think of something ...
   wanted to add a few more security cams/sensors
   in out-buildings ....... 'Motion', note recent
   config revisions ... does just great at
   turning cam snapshots into handy mjpeg streams.
   Just, for PRIDE, gotta make sure the included
   Winders on new box doesn't run for a microsecond  :-)
   Um ... may be wrong ... but it seems BeeLink
   includes FOUR USB3 ports but BMax only TWO.
   Just for info, don't know if anyone cares, finding
   small IR-capable USB cams is a PAIN IN THE ASS these
   days. Was working off a small stock of 'Spinel' units -
   in a very small thin minimalist box with threads
   for M12 lenses. Now they stopped making those.
   "ArduCams" sold on Amazon LOOK kinda the same,
   but the motherfuckers stick an IR filter right
   on the sensor chip ! Managed to tease two of
   those off - but ruined the 3rd cam. Even finding
   IR unfiltered lenses is a trial - SOMETIMES can
   break off the filter, sometimes not. Why the hell
   do they DO that ???
   If you don't want IR there's NO issue finding
   filtered lenses ! I've got a old fairly big
   property and have IR floods to illuminate - 250'
   to road/mailbox. DO have a couple of 600 series
   HP webcams I destroyed, glued M12 sockets to,
   good for IR now and you can even get audio. Newer
   models have the damned IR filter glued-on. 'Real'
   canned IP cams ARE fairly cheap now - some under
   $100usd. 1080p is good enough. However they're
   just not as FUN as do-it-yourself.
   So interesting ... in IR spectrum ... black
   clothing oft looks red, even white ... the
   dyes are intended for human-spectrum only.
   Have ONE cam with a 1500nm filter, deeper IR.
   Things look even more interesting.
   Oh well, I've rambled on .........
   Party on dude !