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#include <stdio.h>


/*******
*      char *
*      getprm(s, prm)  get next parameter from s
*      char *s, *prm;
*
*      return - pointer to next character in s
*/

char *
getprm(s, prm)
char *s, *prm;
{

       while (*s == ' ' || *s == '\t' || *s == '\n')
               s++;

       *prm = '\0';
       if (*s == '\0')
               return(NULL);

       if (*s == '>' || *s == '<' || *s == '|'
       || *s == ';') {
               *prm++ = *s++;
               *prm = '\0';
               return(s);
       }

       while (*s != ' ' && *s != '\t' && *s != '<'
       && *s != '>' && *s != '|' && *s != '\0'
       && *s != ';' && *s != '\n')
               *prm++ = *s++;
       *prm = '\0';

       return(s);
}