From: schily@schily.net (Joerg Schilling)
Subject: [TUHS] etymology of read -u
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 18:49:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <574dc09a.5Xp2ll0KLxFb5uvh%schily@schily.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W4qnhaqgqCf2JKMvbVu-mSGxa12np0KM=AUwZi=Yy1c6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked Jeff Korn (David Korn's son), who in turn asked David Korn who
> confirmed that 'read -u' comes from ksh and that 'u' stands for 'unit'.
Thank you for your reply....
Is this "the method" ;-) to get a reply from David since he works at Google?
Jörg
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-31 7:27 Doug McIlroy
2016-05-31 12:55 ` Chet Ramey
2016-05-31 14:35 ` Joerg Schilling
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[not found] ` <CAPz8ZkZjLr1Uj-3VLKK1n5xZq=eeHh+HBeTNHbDVxVTKH+CvCw@mail.gmail.com>
2016-05-31 15:57 ` Dan Cross
2016-05-31 16:49 ` Joerg Schilling [this message]
2016-06-01 4:14 Doug McIlroy
2016-06-01 4:17 Doug McIlroy
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