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Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Michael Salmon
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 00:00
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Steve Juneau wrote:
> 
> lumpy (lumpy@cs.ucc.ie) wrote:
[...]
> : tcsh = exTended C SHell ??

I have always believed that it stood for Tab C Shell as it used tab for
name completion instead of escape which was a problem with SunView's
shelltool.

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From: Michael Salmon <Michael.Salmon@uab.ericsson.se>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/05/22
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