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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!Norway.EU.net!tgnews.tollpost.no!news From: ogj@tglobe3.tollpost.no (Øyvind Gjerstad) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: On the Naming of UNIX Things Date: 14 Nov 1996 09:13:39 +0100 Organization: Tollpost-Globe AS, Systems dept. Lines: 26 Message-ID: <wrsp6dqeks.fsf@tglobe3.tollpost.no> References: <55vhpf$q3o@mail1.wg.waii.com> <560146$t9c@mail1.wg.waii.com> <E0L92J.4tM@world.std.com> <kbibb.847601696@shellx> <1996111206190712643@[192.159.32.2]> <569rkk$gv0@orac.mon.rnb.com> <1996111212371894551@[192.159.32.153]> NNTP-Posting-Host: tglobe3.tollpost.no X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.32 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:26399 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1492 alt.folklore.computers:124565 swb@mercury.campbell-mithun.com (Shawn Barnhart) writes: > Are there many other OS of Unix vintage that have as many two character > commands? The DNOS from Texas Instruments also used a lot of 2-character commands, but it could use up to 6 characters (uppercase only) for command names. LF=List Files SF=Show Files LD=List Directory CC=Copy/Concatenate LS=List Synonyms (synonyms are kind of persistent environment-variables) DD=Delete Directory CD=Copy Directory LJ=List Jobs XE=eXecue Editor (the list goes on) All commands are interaktive, that means you type the command and is prompted for arguments. Filenames will default to the last file you visited, and if you just want to use the default arguments, you can enter at "." after the command. -- Øyvind Gjerstad Systems dept Tollpost-Globe AS N-6301 Åndalsnes/Norway E-mail: ogj@it.tollpost.no Phone: +47 7122 6663 Fax: +47 7122 6694