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Wicked Cool Shell Scripts :: shell script 023-remindme.sh

Shell Script 023-remindme.sh

#!/bin/sh

# remindme - search a datafile for matching lines, or show the contents
#   of the datafile if no arg is specified

rememberfile="$HOME/.remember"

if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
  more $rememberfile
else
  grep -i "$@" $rememberfile | ${PAGER:-more}
fi

exit 0

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