* An ongoing debate between Maurice Kinal and Ben Ritchey rages on ...   
      
    BR>> echo -ne "\x01MSGID: 1:393/68 $(printf "%08x" $date +%s))\x0d"   
    MK> That is a syntax error as you are missing the preceding '(' in the   
    MK> date command.  It should be '$(date +%s)' and from what I see above   
      
   Oops, that was it, thanks!   
      
    MK> What do you think?  Are we ready for a more complete solution?  From   
      
   Well, a lot of this is over my head, but I basically follow what you're doing.   
   Impressive to say the least, but yes, let's finish it. ;-)  I enjoy tinkering   
   with Linux-speak!   
      
      
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