I'm not exactly sure. I've got that somewhere in my lecture notes from last winter, but according to Clem Cole, the only unix command that is not an acronym of some sort is biff, which was named after a dog. "Derek D. Martin" wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Paul Lussier said: > > > Ahh, very nice. I new there was probably a better way to do this in > > awk, I just don't know awk very well and never bothered to figure > > this out. > > Common myth says that AWK was named from the first letters of the > authors. The truth is it's just short for AWKward programming > language... > > > - -- Derek Martin > Senior System Administrator > Mission Critical Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE71wysdjdlQoHP510RAsxAAJ4o1xkbgEsnSd1HQS1LqsWMkpgy8wCfbbMq > y7d5QOxN3ftI1TEbUdUk9Yo= > =B9MJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ********************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the > *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: > unsubscribe gnhlug > ********************************************************** >
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