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Article #1137finger shell afunction
From: J.E.Ward
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 18:35
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1991 18:35
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To get the equivalent of `finger` on the RT, you have to do `whois`.
This was driving me crazy, so I put this function in my .profile:
finger() {
if [ "${@:-}" ]
then
/usr/bin/finger $@
else
/usr/bin/whois
fi
}
J. E. Ward jew@sunquest.com
Confucious say...
He was so narrow-minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!sunquest!rt.sunquest.com From: jew@rt.sunquest.com (J.E.Ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: finger shell afunction Message-ID: <17271@sunquest.UUCP> Date: 9 Apr 91 18:35:45 GMT Sender: news@sunquest.UUCP Organization: Sunquest Information Systems Lines: 17