Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 04:17:38 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: dgy@seagull.rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: sed bugs Message-ID: <199412311717.EAA01559@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Most basic gnu utilities are clearly superior. I miss having a cp that >> preserves symlinks, a mv that works across file systems in all cases, >> a `locate' that supports multiple databases, ... >Well, then by all means campaign for them and try to get them adopted! I really want ours to be superior (and for everything to have a consistent) interface. This should be possible for simple utilities (cp, mv, ...) but I'm not sure what to do with things like sed and sh. Gnu sed has always been quite slow despite using fancy regex algorithms. Bruce
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