On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 23:58:36 +1000 Jud jud@judfilm.net wrote:

Just to get the ball rolling.

#!/bin/sh

use bash. aif depends on bash. besides, your code uses bashims too.

# Proof of Concept

# ToDo: # Work out best place to add into the aif code # Sanity Checks?

var="coreutils vi vsftpd kernel26 kernel26-firmware gcc gcc-libs file vi pam man-pages jfsutils perl iptables"

remove="vi man-pages jfsutils iptables"

result=$var

for each_name in $remove; do result=$(echo ${result//$each_name/}) done

echo $var

echo $remove

echo $result