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Subject: Re: perhaps i am just stupid.
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In-Reply-To: <3208C341.F10@ime.net> from "Gary Chrysler" at Aug 7, 96 12:24:33 pm
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Gary Chrysler wrote:

> > Another complication: DOS "sort" is little-used, broken, and may
> > not be in the PATH.
> 
> I see no need for that ... ...  :)
> I reley on sort as much as I reley on find. (ms-dos's)

DOS sort is evil and DOS find is more evil. :)

On UNIX/BSD, assuming /usr/bin/sort and /usr/bin/fgrep is reasonable.
I think corresponding DOS assumptions are much riskier.

-- 
Robert Nordier