From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18251 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2021 03:01:43 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 5 Jul 2021 03:01:43 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4B6359CA51; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:01:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A4BB9C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:01:27 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="Z8VQ60gv"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9CEF49C9F1; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:01:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f173.google.com (mail-qk1-f173.google.com [209.85.222.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2427A9C9F0 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2021 13:01:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f173.google.com with SMTP id e14so4794981qkl.9 for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:01:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=HoxxPnoUVqy11AIB/JxeOa3z//ooISTrRMTxws57nCw=; b=Z8VQ60gvlQOVnBFyYbC+iNfoZLPGhIRmZFP96baamNRQVN7AUI+D2nphW9uD7YJi/y 1u99t8OCg4gLsi/bs+wVscjTUaBvYRdU0U6PcKi9bRbCTQBFAbMand4H/y6l5fvAk0ex vGQBLrRGBlH/aIaUTZW4+WAXz3ZdloWNxi40M= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HoxxPnoUVqy11AIB/JxeOa3z//ooISTrRMTxws57nCw=; b=TX5mPMlxg/X52tKsuIn0lhZXn/gstxMn77Ai1l7EcDKLvYoRxiBLQGxXUD1ZMfOVzL V8gcX7AgF9yvvXcT1OIM6N0KV3Vvn5nEcHuuJjFQiOZYSiWkhQuXf+9PiAihJGdaED0T IM4y87tCF1ONXl5oqb8YpvKSXO5HdeCPdEGaQW5VcgntA55QCLc+C+5p7ZbhFnOEa4bi RqqW8WliYkOgCyrsrQa13Z2W8QS8g+hK2lbu3F2rYPOxLrmQjXS+A27PVAmNIO1JaO0Y 3Qt9lkb6oha3bzmKrB1He7AOGKEcWtvU68B4Nn5n4i2sR7voAooYXc5d6TklO+C0LF1Q dyPA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532OgS2OORNilErLAHGcv/Rrgt74NZOm+oKceIJeAyJSZjEtFJaA LySmtsi3teWnvz5q9RMwTmwZW4P3QgaD2e9WoZ+GlA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxIjmOLV/GnbtfiMd2V6lUq9mMQMiPSwS9plGlEU3sHaUB/w/emCJ5KyL7mR8X/jKa2kNaYOGsfV1DHFZFm73o= X-Received: by 2002:a37:9306:: with SMTP id v6mr12106937qkd.476.1625454084010; Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:01:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <06737C14-1122-4832-BCAA-A37B242F69E4@me.com> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 23:01:13 -0400 Message-ID: To: Noel Hunt Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000046cac705c6578521" Subject: Re: [TUHS] [tuhs] The Unix shell: a 50-year view X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000046cac705c6578521 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Dyslexic typo. Does NOT On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 10:38 PM Clem Cole wrote: > Noel. Pls check the TUHS archives and I think you will see sed does yet > exist in 6th edition when Joy wrote head in 1977. Certainly not yet at > UCB. > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 9:34 PM Noel Hunt wrote: > >> > But note that when wnj wrote head(1), Joy followed the >> > famous `Unix Philosophy' of doing one (small) job >> > well. Which means he did not add a feature *i.e.* >> > abusing, an old program, like cat(1), and add some new >> > switch to it that that told the program stop outputting >> > after n lines. Instead Joy wrote a simple new tool. >> >> He didn't need to abuse any existing program by adding new >> flags or the like; unless I am mistaken, `sed Nq', for some >> number `N', does exactly what `head -N' would do on a single >> file, obviating the very need for head(1). >> >>> -- > Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual > -- Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual --00000000000046cac705c6578521 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dyslexic typo.=C2=A0 Does NOT

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at = 10:38 PM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com&g= t; wrote:
Noel.= =C2=A0 Pls check the TUHS archives and I think you will see sed does yet ex= ist in 6th edition when Joy wrote head in 1977.=C2=A0 Certainly not yet at = UCB. =C2=A0

On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 9:34 PM Noel Hunt <noel.hunt@gmail.com> wrot= e:
> But note that = when wnj wrote head(1), Joy followed the
> famous `Unix Philosophy= 9; of=C2=A0 doing one (small) job
> well.=C2=A0 =C2=A0Which means he = did not add a feature *i.e.*
> abusing, an old program, like cat(1), = and add some new
> switch to it that that told the program stop outpu= tting
> after n lines.=C2=A0 Instead Joy wrote a simple new tool.
=
He didn't need to abuse any existing program by adding new
flags= or the like; unless I am mistaken, `sed Nq', for some
number `N'= ;, does exactly what `head -N' would do on a single
file, obviating = the very need for head(1).

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