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From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 27 May 1997 19:02:31 GMT
Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI
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In article <EAK0sq.M8n@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>,
Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> I suppose I shouldn't bring this one up, since there's probably no
> documentary evidence, but what about dsw (the predecessor to rm -i)?

Delete Shit Work was what I was told, back in '79.

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