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2 total messages Started by Lindsay F. Marshall Mon, 22 Jan 1990 12:54
Spelling Correction on cd
#865
Author: Lindsay F. Marshall
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1990 12:54
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The version of the shell that came with UNIX V8 had a spelling
correction feature on the cd command. This was VERY useful indeed and
I was wondering if we could get something like this added to bash?

Lindsay

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Re: Spelling Correction on cd
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Author: David J. MacKenzie
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1990 19:05
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In article <1990Jan22.125423.25174@newcastle.ac.uk> Lindsay.Marshall@newcastle.ac.uk (Lindsay F. Marshall) writes:

   The version of the shell that came with UNIX V8 had a spelling
   correction feature on the cd command. This was VERY useful indeed and

The SCO Xenix C shell has this also.
--
David J. MacKenzie <djm@eng.umd.edu> <djm@ai.mit.edu>
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