> If you view these tools as primarily programs that act on files > listed on the command line, then you would prefer some of the > proposals for change that have been made. If you view these tools > as primarily filters to be connected by pipes, then the command > line arguments are just conveniences so as not to type < and > as > often. Then you prefer the tools as they have been.
I don't want to extend further a discussion which is clearly already past its ``sell by'' date, but didn't you mean the other way around? The inconsistencies in current UNIX/p9 seem to cater to simple interactive use at the expense both of scripts and of more complex interactive use. -- John Stalker School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin tel +353 1 896 1983 fax +353 1 896 2282
