-#hmmm: could really use that pattern of 'iterate across all the arguments and do same thing' here.
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-#hmmm: it actually seems like the below IS the pattern. it's pretty short, but i wish it could be shorter, like a function in itself.... ah.
-# couldn't we have a functionator deal that takes:
-# 1) a command to run, and
-# 2-n) arguments,
-# where the function just blithely runs that command on all of those arguments!?
-# yes! that does seem like the pattern being sought, much nicer than the goofy loop below,
-# although this functionator deal needs to handle when there are more than one command also,
-# or this very function couldn't be implemented...
-# maybe a two step process:
-# 1) build a list of commands to run on all arguments,
-# 2) then run through all the arguments passed in using those established commands.
-# yes again! this seems like it would meet all the needs involved and not be too irksome.
-# for the example below, this would reduce the number of lines, i think.
-# i had better stop bloviating and write this function so i can determine the number of
-# lines omitted by the new approach.