Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: The Visible Cat Message-ID: <536@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 04:44:16 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.536 Posted: Fri Mar 1 04:44:16 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 05:40:39 EST References: <8794@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 22 > 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 {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy