Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: suggest solutions for "rm *" Message-ID: <6737@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: Wed, 25-Nov-87 21:25:19 EST Article-I.D.: brl-smok.6737 Posted: Wed Nov 25 21:25:19 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Nov-87 11:48:14 EST References: <5715@j.cc.purdue.edu> <911@mcgill-vision.UUCP> <791@russell.STANFORD.EDU> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 11 Keywords: human factors, interfaces, shells, DWIM In article <791@russell.STANFORD.EDU> gandalf@russell.stanford.edu (Juergen Wagner) writes: >... I am thinking >of an ish ("intelligent shell") doing filename completion based on the >search path, spelling correction on file/directory names, allow to edit >previously typed-in lines, redo commands in a simpler fashion than csh, >and other fancy things. The BRL SVR2 Bourne shell is among those that do these things. (Except for the spelling corrector; I considered it but I don't think they do a good enough job, especially considering how easy it now is to edit previous commands and resubmit them.)