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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: more 1.4 command wishlist
Message-ID: <4099@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 10 Aug 89 18:52:14 GMT
References: <1989Aug8.214011.3351@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston
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In article <1989Aug8.214011.3351@agate.berkeley.edu>, mwm@mica.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) writes:
> This is the dual of the request for commands that are more amenable to
> being started from other commands: Commands whose output is more
> amenable to being used by other commands.

I'll second this one. Having "list"s output being definable was a nice
start, even if the %s %s%s business is a bit funky. Just having it generate
a list of names would help, especially if some small, tight, file
reformatter was available. Even something not so small, if it was along
the lines of 'sed' or 'awk'. Hmmm... seems like a job for REXX...

I have a copy of what seems to be a PD version of 'ed'. In C. Perhaps it
would make a good adjunct, with a little fiddling...
-- 
Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva      `-_-'
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