On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 06:30:49AM -0800, Atienza Rowel wrote: > > --- Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Solaris and Linux are extremely similar. It's in the > > kernel- and > > hardware-level stuff that they vastly differ. > > > > > But when you get used to linux command line options, > you'll find solaris inferior in this respect. For > example, > Linux: > du -kh . > gives you info in easy readable format. > Solaris: > du -k . > gives hard to read info in kb because -h is not an > option. Another is "grep -r" of linux. >
These are the GNU tools, not just Linux. The GNU utility sets are widely considered to be vastly superior to the original Unix tools, and can be easily installed on systems such as Solaris which are POSIX compliant. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.ph.inter.net/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
