See the FAQ's in comp.unix.[wizards,questions]

[Bill Codding]

I thought I'd point out to all the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
posting that appears regularly in comp.unix.wizards and
comp.unix.questions.

Answers to at least three of the questions that have been asked
in the last couple of weeks can be found there.  Posting sometimes
still has it's advantages, in getting more elegant solutions or
more specifics, but people could start with those ideas and
ask for more specific details on the net.

I believe the FAQ posting is put up once a month or once every
couple of weeks; here is the list of questions as of 9/25/90:

        1)  How do I remove a file whose name begins with a "-" ?
        2)  How do I remove a file with funny characters in the
filename ?
        3)  How do I get a recursive directory listing?
        4)  How do I get the current directory into my prompt?
        5)  How do I read characters from a terminal without requiring
the user
              to hit RETURN?
        6)  How do I read characters from the terminal in a shell script?
        7)  How do I check to see if there are characters to be read without
              actually reading?
        8)  How do I find the name of an open file?
        9)  How do I rename "*.foo" to "*.bar", or change file names
              to lowercase?
        10) Why do I get [some strange error message] when I
              "rsh host command" ?
        11) How do I find out the creation time of a file?
        12) How do I use "rsh" without having the rsh hang around
              until the remote command has completed?
        13) How do I truncate a file?
        14) How do I {set an environment variable, change directory}
inside a
              shell script and have that change affect my current shell?
        15) Why doesn't find's "{}" symbol do what I want?
        16) How do I redirect stdout and stderr separately in csh?
        17) How do I set the permissions on a symbolic link?
        18) When someone refers to 'rn(1)' or 'ctime(3)', what does
              the number in parentheses mean?
        19) What does {awk,grep,fgrep,egrep,biff,cat,gecos,nroff,troff,tee,bss}
              stand for?
        20) How does the gateway between "comp.unix.questions" and the
            "info-unix" mailing list work?
        21) How do I "undelete" a file?
        22) How can a process detect if it's running in the background?
        23) How can an executing program determine its own pathname?
        24) How do I pronounce "vi" , or "!", or "/*", or ...?

Hack away.

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  Will Codding                                       (415)493-3554 (w)
  Research Engineer                                  (415)751-5484 (h)
  P.E.D.A.                                peda at simplicity.Stanford.EDU
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