Diffs to the Frequently Asked Questions postings

Sun Feb 4 19:15:33 AEST 1990

Here are the most recent changes to parts 1 and 2 of the
Frequently Asked Questions articles, which have just been
posted.  You can find the full articles elsewhere in
comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards.  You can also ftp
the most recent version from iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (129.79.254.192),
where it's "pub/Unix-Questions.part1" and "pub/Unix-Questions.part2".

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  Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]

! [Last changed: $Date: 90/01/03 15:27:26 $ by $Author: sahayman $]

  This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
  often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards.  Please don't
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  Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]

! [Last changed: $Date: 90/02/04 03:12:39 $ by $Author: sahayman $]

  This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
  often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards.  Please don't
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  	    rsh machine -n 'command >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &' 

!     why?  "-n" attaches rsh's stdin to /dev/null so you could run the
      complete rsh command in the background on the LOCAL machine.
      Thus "-n" is equivalent to another specific "< /dev/null".
      Furthermore, the input/output redirections on the REMOTE machine 
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  	    rsh machine -n 'command >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &' 

!     Why?  "-n" attaches rsh's stdin to /dev/null so you could run the
      complete rsh command in the background on the LOCAL machine.
      Thus "-n" is equivalent to another specific "< /dev/null".
      Furthermore, the input/output redirections on the REMOTE machine 
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      has already been redirected so only stderr actually winds up in
      stderr_file.

+     Sometimes it's easier to let sh do the work for you.
+ 
+ 	sh -c 'command >stdout_file 2>stderr_file'
+ 
  17) How do I set the permissions on a symbolic link?

      Permissions on a symbolic link don't really mean anything.  The
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  	8	System maintenance and operation commands

+     Some Unix versions use non-numeric section names.  For instance,
+     Xenix uses "C" for commands and "S" for functions.
+ 
      Each section has an introduction, which you can read with "man # intro"
      where # is the section number.

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      Don Libes' book "Life with Unix" contains lots more of these
      tidbits.

- 20) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...?

      You can start a very long and pointless discussion by wondering
      about this topic on the net.  Some people say "vye", some say
      "vee-eye" (the vi manual suggests this) and some Roman numerologists
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      Don Libes' book "Life with Unix" contains lots more of these
      tidbits.

+ 20) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...?
      You can start a very long and pointless discussion by wondering
      about this topic on the net.  Some people say "vye", some say
      "vee-eye" (the vi manual suggests this) and some Roman numerologists
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      pronunciation list that has made the rounds in the past.  This list
      is maintained by Maarten Litmaath, maart at cs.vu.nl .

- 
  Names derived from UNIX are marked with *, names derived from C are marked
  with +, names derived from (Net)Hack are marked with & and names deserving
  futher explanation are marked with a #.  The explanations will be given at
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  	store#, potion&, not*+

  "    QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears,
! 	double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web&

  #    CROSSHATCH, pound, pound sign, number, number sign, sharp, octothorpe#,
  	hash, fence, crunch, mesh, hex, flash, grid, pig-pen, tictactoe,
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  	store#, potion&, not*+

  "    QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears,
! 	double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web&, inverted commas

  #    CROSSHATCH, pound, pound sign, number, number sign, sharp, octothorpe#,
  	hash, fence, crunch, mesh, hex, flash, grid, pig-pen, tictactoe,
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  	put#, floor&

  /    SLASH, stroke, virgule, solidus, slant, diagonal, over, slat, slak,
! 	across#, compress#, spare, divided-by, wand&

  :    COLON, two-spot, double dot, dots, chameleon&

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  	put#, floor&

  /    SLASH, stroke, virgule, solidus, slant, diagonal, over, slat, slak,
! 	across#, compress#, spare, divided-by, wand&, forward slash

  :    COLON, two-spot, double dot, dots, chameleon&

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  	mimic&

  \    BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat, 
! 	escape*, backslak, bak, reduce#, opulent throne&

  ^    CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop, 
  	up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang,
! 	sharkfin, and#, xor+, wok, trap&, pointer#, pipe*

  _    UNDERSCORE, underline, underbar, under, score, backarrow, flatworm, blank,
! 	chain&, gets#

! `    GRAVE, (grave) accent, backquote, left/open quote, backprime, 
  	unapostrophe, backspark, birk, blugle, backtick, push, backglitch,
  	backping, execute#, boulder&, rock&

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  	mimic&

  \    BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat, 
! 	escape*, backslak, bak, reduce#, opulent throne&, slosh

  ^    CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop, 
  	up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang,
! 	sharkfin, and#, xor+, wok, trap&, pointer#, pipe*, upper-than#

  _    UNDERSCORE, underline, underbar, under, score, backarrow, flatworm, blank,
! 	chain&, gets#, dash#

! `    GRAVE, (grave/acute) accent, backquote, left/open quote, backprime, 
  	unapostrophe, backspark, birk, blugle, backtick, push, backglitch,
  	backping, execute#, boulder&, rock&

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  		computerized) publishing and typesetting industry in the U.S.
  		too, so ...
  ! store		from FORTH
! # octothorpe	from Bell System
  # unequal	e.g. Modula-2
  $ string	from BASIC
  $ escape	from TOPS-10
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  		computerized) publishing and typesetting industry in the U.S.
  		too, so ...
  ! store		from FORTH
! # octothorpe	from Bell System (orig. octalthorpe)
  # unequal	e.g. Modula-2
  $ string	from BASIC
  $ escape	from TOPS-10
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  */ times-div	from FORTH
  = quadrathorpe	half an octothorpe
  - bithorpe	half a quadrathorpe (So what's a monothorpe?)
! . put		Victor Borge on Electric Company
  / across	APL
  / compress	APL
  := becomes	e.g. Pascal
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  */ times-div	from FORTH
  = quadrathorpe	half an octothorpe
  - bithorpe	half a quadrathorpe (So what's a monothorpe?)
! . put		Victor Borge's Phonetic Punctuation which dates back to the
! 		middle 1950's
  / across	APL
  / compress	APL
  := becomes	e.g. Pascal
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  \ reduce	APL
  ^ and		from formal logic
  ^ pointer	from PASCAL
+ ^ upper-than	cf. > and <
  _ gets		some alternative representation of underscore resembles a
  		backarrow
+ _ dash		as distinct from '-' == minus
  ` execute	from shell command substitution
  {} Tuborgs	from advertizing for well-known Danish beverage
  {} curly chevr.	see "< left chevron"
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  | broken line	EBCDIC has two vertical bars, one solid and one broken.
  ~ enyay		from the Spanish n-tilde
  () nil		LISP
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  -- 
  Steve Hayman    Workstation Manager    Computer Science Department   Indiana U.
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