Format 2013/dlowe, new script, rename others etc.
The demo.sh was renamed try.sh to be like the other entries. The new script diff.sh runs some commands that I had previously added (to demonstrate the entry) but which would be better in a script. Renamed sflen.sh (for sparkline file length) to be slflen.sh (for sparkline file length also). Updated bugs.md - added more features that the author noted. Format/typo check README.md file. This should complete the review of 2013/dlowe.
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@@ -19,33 +19,23 @@ For more detailed information see [2013 dlowe in bugs.md](/bugs.md#2013-dlowe).
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## To use:
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```sh
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./dlowe [numbers...]
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./dlowe [word...]
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```
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where `[word...]` is one or more words including numbers or otherwise.
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### Try:
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```sh
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./dlowe 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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./dlowe 16 32 64 128
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./dlowe 16 32 64 128 256
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./dlowe 16 32 64 128 256 512
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./dlowe 0
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echo "sparkline of file sizes: $(wc -c * | awk '{print $1}' | xargs ./dlowe)" # or ./sflen.sh
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```
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Alternatively, for the lazy or those short on time, try:
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```sh
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./demo.sh
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./try.sh
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```
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What is different about the above if you do something like:
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```sh
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echo 'IOCCC 2013' > ioccc.txt
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./demo.sh
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echo 'IOCCC winning entry 2013/dlowe' > ioccc.txt
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./try.sh
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rm -f ioccc.txt
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```
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@@ -54,31 +44,14 @@ rm -f ioccc.txt
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To make it simpler to see try showing just the different line like:
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```sh
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./demo.sh | tail -n 2 > 1.txt
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echo 'IOCCC 2013' > ioccc.txt
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./demo.sh | tail -n 2 > 2.txt
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rm -f ioccc.txt
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diff 1.txt 2.txt
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rm 1.txt 2.txt
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./diff.sh
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```
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This program will possibly crash or draw something funny with 0 args. Then
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again it might not. :-)
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This is supposed to happen. As is written in the
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[The Jargon File](http://catb.org/jargon/html/F/feature.html):
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```
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That's not a bug, that's a feature.
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```
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Ask yourself the following questions: when will it crash, when will it draw
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something funny (or will it ? :-) ) and when will it do nothing?
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## Judges' remarks:
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We liked how this entry used Unicode, specifically UTF-8, in a somewhat obfuscated way.
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We liked how this entry used Unicode, specifically UTF-8, in a somewhat
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obfuscated way.
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Also, why doesn't it crash but instead produces a correct output when called
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with one argument or when all arguments are equal?
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@@ -140,13 +113,14 @@ $ echo "sparkline of file lengths: $(wc -c * | awk '{print $1}' | xargs ./sparkl
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sparkline of file sizes: ▁▁▁▃▃▂▁▂▁▁▉
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```
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NOTE: this has been provided in [sflen.sh](sflen.sh) so you can try:
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NOTE: this has been provided in [slflen.sh](slflen.sh) so you can try:
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```sh
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./sflen.sh
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./slflen.sh
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```
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instead.
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instead (which [try.sh](try.sh) also uses).
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### Description
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@@ -164,14 +138,16 @@ sense of the shape of your data.
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used.
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* Produces a few harmless compiler warnings.
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### Obfuscation
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The code is very terse. I was torn between submitting this version, and a
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one-line version compressed using a couple more -D flags.
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one-line version compressed using a couple more `-D` flags.
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Hand-rolled UTF-8 sequence, magic numbers (what's that 7 for?), meaningless
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variable names, reused variables, and so on.
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### Acknowledgements
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Edward Tufte invented sparklines (among other things.) Brilliant.
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