Hi Maurice!   
      
   >I like your idea with the perl modules however I'd personally prefer if it wer   
   >a perl script rather than modules and I believe adding perl's pack to the bash   
   >FTN functions where needed is a nifty way to exploit perl without the need for   
   > modularization.   
      
       Well, I like modules for putting common Perl code in.  The same kind   
   of thing can be done with Bash, thought I haven't done much of that myself...   
      
      
      
   Jame   
      
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