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Article #40110Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
From: Dave Emmerson
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 19:59
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 19:59
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In article <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com>, jmann@bigbootay (Jim Mann) writes: > [deleted] > problems.) For example, to display a file under DOS, I use > 'type' or the near-universal bit of freeware 'd'. That's lots > easier to remember than 'cat.' Unless you've got DOS 4.x, you won't have seen the **IX steal, 'alias' If you have trouble remembering any unix command, you can use e.g.: alias type cat in your .login file, just like having a cat.bat file which says type %1 both are flexible enough to be MADE friendly to any individual user, if you know how. (I don't have a clue what you do on a mac, and I don't want to be enlightened in this newsgroup, thanks.) Dave E.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!moncam!emmo From: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix Summary: Ain't necessarily so.. Keywords: Invitation for opinions/flames... Message-ID: <321@marvin.moncam.co.uk> Date: 20 Dec 89 19:59:07 GMT References: <260@ndla.UUCP> <487@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Organization: Monotype ADG, Cambridge, UK Lines: 21