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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2762 comp.os.linux.misc:20006 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!gcs.co.nz!amigans!durie!liam From: liam@durie.wanganui.gen.nz (Liam Greenwood) Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Message-ID: <1994Jul24.094548.2640@durie.wanganui.gen.nz> Organization: It's Home, really... Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 09:45:48 GMT References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> <30ntmh$642@apollo.west.oic.com> <30pafh$hv4@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Lines: 9 Peter da Silva (peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote: > In article <30ntmh$642@apollo.west.oic.com>, > Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.west.oic.com> wrote: > > What it comes down to is the user interface... for the most part, > > system utilities such as 'ps' use BSD style options. > Why do people like the BSD ps options? There's no way to restrict the list, 'cause 'ps -alx' is burnt into my fingers. If I type ps the -alx follows, then I remember it's a Sys V machine and it's ^H^H^Hef time.