Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: The Visible Cat Message-ID: <8837@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 14:22:13 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8837 Posted: Fri Mar 1 14:22:13 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:38:05 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 27 > > Let's get User Friendly (user friendly), I wanna get... > > This poor guy would like to type `type file...'. I realize this is > > `just a special case' but it's the most common usage for most users. > > $ cd /usr/bin > $ ed type > a > vis "$@" # or "cat -v "$@", if you have it > . > w > q > $ chmod +x type > > Next question. Or, if you have the C shell, > > % alias type vis # or "alias type cat -v" > > or, if you have the S5R2 Bourne shell, the equivalent syntax for creating > a function. Put it in /etc/profile, if you like. > Guy Harris Gee, Guy I thought you'd have more to say about cat. Maybe I said something you liked? Is there a `vis' in S5R2? My only change would be to `exec vis $@'. See? I can be nice. jim */