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Re: 4DOS vs. COMMAND.COM (sigh)

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From: Randy Appleton
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 1991 07:03
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I would just like to agree with those calling 4dos the best thing since
sliced bread.  It's wonderful.

A previous poster already listed most of the features of 4dos, so I won't
bore you here.  Just let me point out that it gives you enough tools to
make your own UNIX look-alike.

For instance, 
	alias ls dir /w

Now the command 
	ls a*b c*d.bat 
works just like you'd expect.  In dos, the 
argument a*b is the same as the argument a*.  But in4dos, a*b is what
you'd expect, words that start with 'a' and end in 'b'.  Also, 
the output of dir is sorted alphabetically, like UNIX's ls.  Finally,
the dir command in 4dos allows multiple file descriptions, just like
ls.

This is only one use.  But all in all, 4dos is WONDERFUL!!!!!!

-Randy



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From: randy@ms.uky.edu (Randy Appleton)
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Subject: Re: 4DOS vs. COMMAND.COM (sigh)
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