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From: rdd@access1.digex.net (R. D. Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: WTD: basic UNIX tutorial "learn"
Date: 20 May 1996 15:14:28 -0400
Organization: Society for the Obsolescence of Obsolescence
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In article <4nihg1$icj@olympus.nwnet.net>,
Anthony D'Atri <aad@nwnet.net> wrote:
>>taught fun things like "ed", "ex", and "vi".
>
>That's exactly why few if any vendors still ship it. It's been obsolete for
>over ten years.
Such editors are far from obsolete. If some files pertaining to
terminal types get hosed, you'll be very grateful for the existence of
ed - it certainly beats having to use cat to recreate a file! I can
think of many other times when ed has been very useful. By the way, I
learned how to use ed via the learn program. The learn program is
also very useful for learning about shell scripts, regular expressions
and C programming. Do you consider learning about these things
obsolete as well???
--
R. D. Davis * http://www.access.digex.net/~rdd * Computer Preservationist
PERQ Logic Systems & Unconventional Computer Consulting
divisions of Transpower Industries, Inc. +1 410 744-4900