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I was arguing thatlex
andyacc
are necessary and hence not superfluous.
Yes, trylex
, it is very useful alone and can do a lot for your purpose, perhaps with a little programming. It is easier to learn thanyacc
, but you may need it also. They are in every unix installation, I haveyacc
trice in my computer: the one of (Free)BSD, the one of Plan9 (original) and (gnu)bison.
I should try likely,
Can Lex do filecopy and more file handling?