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Xref: sserve comp.unix.user-friendly:2783 comp.unix.solaris:21737 comp.unix.programmer:19539 comp.unix.misc:13644 comp.unix.aux:15165 comp.unix.bsd:14711 comp.unix.aix:43094 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!news.umbc.edu!haven.umd.edu!umd5.umd.edu!not-for-mail From: brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: xargs and alias commands Date: 25 Aug 1994 22:31:49 -0400 Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 30 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <33jk6l$6cq@hamlet.umd.edu> References: <33af70$8rd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <33e3kt$i1i@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <33eevl$eja@hamlet.umd.edu> <33gvms$56a@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: hamlet.umd.edu In article <33gvms$56a@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au>, Chris Bitmead <chrisb@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> wrote: >brewer@hamlet.umd.edu (Peter Brewer) writes: > >>In article <33e3kt$i1i@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au>, >>Chris Bitmead <chrisb@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> wrote: >>>pat@po.CWRU.Edu (Paul A. Thompson) writes: >>> >>> >>>I don't know how to do this in csh, but who would want to use csh anyway? >>> > >>If its tcsh you'd be surprised. That's like asking who would want to use >>emacs when they have vi. Reality check. > >Who would want to use tcsh when you could be using bash/zsh/ksh? Reality >check. Just about anyone who likes Berkeley flavors of Unix over ugly un-networked extremely limited and sold to the highest bidder, (NOVELL) System V. Sorry but I find most of System V less than enchanting. You still cannot do may things with ksh and bash that you can with tcsh except make functions. -- Peter -- SAVE Mac Desktop Unix! Tell Apple to continue A/UX! Don't Let It Happen Again!-> "Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac (and nobody cares about it)." -- Bill Joy 6/21/85 ********* Peter W. Brewer brewer@umd5.umd.edu **********************