On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:04 PM, John Stalker <[email protected]> wrote:
> `cat' would concatenate 0 files, i.e. ouptut nothing, cat would copy stdin to stdout > `chmod 755' would set the permissions of no files to 755, would read a list of files from stdin and change the modes > `cp foo/' would move no files to the directory foo, would read a list of files from stdin and copy them. > `df' would show free disk space for no filesystems, would read a list of file system names and df them. > `kill' would stop no processes, would read a list of pids in and stop them. > `ln foo/' would hardlink no files into the directory foo, would read a list of filenames in and ln them > `ls' would list no files (you would use `ls .' for the usual case), would read a list of file names in and ls them. > `mkdir' would create no directories, would read a list of file names in and mkdir them (I could really use this one) > `mv foo/' would move no files into the directory foo, would read a list of file names in and mv them > `ps -U' would show no users' processes, would read a list of user names in and ps them > `rm' would remove no files, would read a list of file names in and rm them > and `sh' would execute no scripts in the Bourne shell. would read a set of commands from stdin and ... oh wait it does this. I prefer my version to your versions. I can see uses for them already. ron
