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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 21:12:29 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To:        tcg@ime.net
Cc:        dgy@rtd.com, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: perhaps i am just stupid.
Message-ID:  <199608071912.VAA00729@eac.iafrica.com>
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



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