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Article #75Re: Bourne Shell Programming Considered Harmful
From: Dave Schaumann
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 19:48
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 19:48
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In article <Bx4Myp.Czr@unix.amherst.edu>, twpierce@unix (Tim Pierce) writes: >The command syntax really sucks, man. Are we talking about /bin/sh here? Yah, the syntax of that is pretty bizzare. What's worse, the man page (at least here) is really awful. Recently, I wanted to add a "case" to my .xsession file. I could /not/ figure out the syntax from the man page. I finally gave up and asked. Is bash any better? -- You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wonderous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!decwrl!olivea!charnel!rat!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!ncar!noao!amethyst!organpipe.uug.arizona.edu!news From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Bourne Shell Programming Considered Harmful Message-ID: <1992Nov4.194832.14272@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> Date: 4 Nov 92 19:48:32 GMT References: <Bx4Myp.Czr@unix.amherst.edu> Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann) Followup-To: comp.unix.shell Organization: University of Arizona Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce)