Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1+some 2/3/84; site dual.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!dual!fair From: fair@dual.UUCP (Erik E. Fair) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.jokes Subject: Re: Adventure in UNIX commands Message-ID: <311@dual.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 20:39:53 EST Article-I.D.: dual.311 Posted: Mon Feb 27 20:39:53 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 08:13:43 EST References: <303@bunkerb.UUCP> Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA Lines: 15 Now that's not fair. You used an uncivilized shell! If you had been using csh, you could alias all those commands to obvious things. Furthermore, you could use the history mechanism to repeat things quicker. Bourne shell, I concede, is superior to csh in it's flexibility of signal handling, and it does OK for programming shell scripts, but god forbid that you should ever want to use it for an interactive user interface. Please, Help Stamp Out Bourne Shell, Erik E. Fair dual!fair@BERKELEY.ARPA {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!fair Dual Systems Corporation, Berkeley, California