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Chet Ramey
chet at cwns1.CWRU.EDU
Mon Sep 10 20:50:13 AEST 1990
$ $ $ ls()
$ $ > {
$ $ > for i
$ $ > do
$ $ > echo $i
$ $ > done
$ $ > }
$
$ $ Useful, that.
$ When hacking around on a floppy-booted UNIX system, yes.
Oh, really? You've already got `echo' as a shell built-in, why write a
function with a different name to duplicate its functionality?
Chet
--
Chet Ramey ``Levi Stubbs' tears run down
Network Services Group his face...''
Case Western Reserve University
chet at ins.CWRU.Edu
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