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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!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!daily.bbnplanet.com!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 10 May 1997 22:48:47 -0400 Organization: BBN Planet, Cambridge, MA Lines: 15 Sender: barmar@pasilla.bbnplanet.com Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5l3c2f$i1j@pasilla.bbnplanet.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: pasilla.bbnplanet.com Keywords: acronyms abbreviations unix gnu linux shell apropos help Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44772 comp.os.linux.misc:174525 comp.os.linux.x:61205 alt.os.linux:20979 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3176 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40708 gnu.misc.discuss:31180 comp.unix.solaris:106069 In article <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de>, Matthias Kopfermann <fk5a005@rzaix42.uni-hamburg.de> wrote: >( e.g. ls:list screen: explanations on how the abbreviation came from >, that example is a list separated by >colons. should the abbreviation be in upper case and every corresponding >explanation in upper case , too like LS:List Screen ) Just so you know, "ls" comes from "LiSt". It has nothing to do with the screen (at the time Unix was developed, most people had printing terminals, as video displays were extremely expensive). -- Barry Margolin BBN Corporation, Cambridge, MA barmar@bbnplanet.com (BBN customers, call (800) 632-7638 option 1 for support)