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From: dagbrown-news-comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
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In article <5ndfcm$7of@nr1.toronto.istar.net>, David A Thomas <david> wrote:
: The 'dd' command is indeed an *imitation* of many of the conversions
: provided by the DATA DEFINITION (DD) statement in System 360-370 JCL.
: It's no joke.
That explains the perfectly standard Unix-style command syntax
that the dd command uses. I think you're missing where the joke
is.
--Dave
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