Rich, I do understand that you do not want to rewrite every script, but Ray
does have a valid option and I would like to add to it that in version 3
with the SQL interface, that could be as simple as:

select message from actlog where msgno<>2017 and
date_time>=some_time_in_past.

With care, I think you could eliminate any need to use the awk and probably
make your scripts easier to maintain.

Just my 2 $B!q (B worth.

Mark






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