On 2020-05-07 12:55 AM, David Crayford wrote:

On 2020-05-06 11:32 PM, Kirk Wolf wrote:
Not so fast: cp and cat are both /bin/sh built-in commands ( documented
under "Built-in commands" in the command reference for sh). So the shell
does employ DDs;-)

I didn't know that! I thought they were binaries in /bin! Thanks ;)



TS8004:/u/ts8004/rtehome: >type cat
cat is /bin/cat
TS8004:/u/ts8004/rtehome: >sh
TS8004:/u/ts8004/rtehome: >type cat
cat is a built-in command

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