Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:46:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: billf@jade.chc-chimes.com (Bill Fumerola) Cc: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ac ac.8 ac.c Message-ID: <199906302246.PAA55451@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990630183541.2905Y-100000@jade.chc-chimes.com> from Bill Fumerola at "Jun 30, 1999 06:38:13 pm"
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Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:24:08 -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> >
> > > And if you read my mail the entire way down you'll notice that I mentioned
> > > cat(1) as something that includes it in the synopsis, but not in the
> > > description.
> >
> > Taken from the cat(1) manpage's DESCRIPTION section:
> >
> > The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the
> > standard output. The file operands are processed in command line
> > order. A single dash represents the standard input.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Time to get my eyeglass perscription checked.
>
> > I can accept that cat(1) is a bad precedent, but if it's also _your_
> > only point of reference, then it's not making a good case for your
> > argument. :-)
>
> Well, grep doesn't have it, cat does. Something has to be wrong.
>
DESCRIPTION
Grep searches the named input files (or standard input if
no files are named, or the file name - is given) for lines
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Bill, you're working too hard ;-) ;-)
--
Steve
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