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Article #216Re: Sort problem . .
From: Tony Porczyk
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:14
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:14
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boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) writes: >In article <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes: >> >> BTW, since when is stderr reserved for "non-information"? Frankly, I >> say send to stderr anything that is non-essential in the redirection of >> stdout or in piping of stdout, such as sorting. >Standard error is for _errors_. >If it's `non-essential' then don't output it in the first place. Do you get all those answers from a book? Let me ask you a question - does a usefulness of a utility make any difference, or is it all according to what you found written somewhere? I mean, have you ever tried being *flexible* to accomplish your task? t.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!messina From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) Subject: Re: Sort problem . . Message-ID: <33pmgah.messina@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 19:14:36 GMT Organization: Messina Software References: <1992Jul27.123415.977@leland.Stanford.EDU> <zynm!yh.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul29.205422.6336@prl.dec.com> <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul30.094428.17460@prl.dec.com> Lines: 17