ref: 2d1fbbdafa37080ddaacb76ac1e4f5a413ef2dc3
dir: /rc/bin/redact/
#!/bin/rc rfork e switch($#*){ case 0 n=1 case 1 n = $1 case * echo usage: $0 [n] >[1=2] exit usage } ifs=' ' p=`{echo -n $prompt(1) | sed 's/[.*+?[\]()|\^$\/\\]/\\&/g'} awk ' BEGIN { n='^$n^' + 1; for(i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = 0; } /^'^$p^'/ { for(i = 0; i < n-1; i++) a[i] = a[i+1]; a[n-1] = 0; } { a[n-1] += length($0) + 1; } END { s = 0; for(i = 0; i < n; i++) s += a[i]; for(i = 0; i < s; i++) printf("\b"); } ' /dev/text