From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PLING_QUERY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id efbc08a1 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 02:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1202D9BD80; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:33:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 203A89BBD7; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:32:51 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=servium.ch header.i=@servium.ch header.b="XflvWdr1"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7A66E9BBD7; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:32:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f48.google.com (mail-ua1-f48.google.com [209.85.222.48]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E1B99BB2A for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:32:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f48.google.com with SMTP id n41so92761uae.2 for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:32:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=servium.ch; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=3Ib2ZnJIf6E7Kird079x5h8lrWYH1hmlv+gGKUlFNrs=; b=XflvWdr1PPQZ15qLOWKbbFb/Ev65oixhUucdXEKbPFg0gcErV/xcPS7DmyXQXNAv9J 32H1sV6x6bt3IiWmZzGmSgBs30Li+Og30bUtdZ/OthyYJfX6yLfN3QL7YND8gq85+wzJ ip/kRqmx6wH86NtR1o4HeHVgMT7aoxNC5UEZY= 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; bh=3Ib2ZnJIf6E7Kird079x5h8lrWYH1hmlv+gGKUlFNrs=; b=CvV4IpkoH2sQj5jPHoINvrEL2tXWUybYx/94tjDev5uSSWZ4zDNqdqFs7BWLbXUvuw I1/ze5DCe6JdbXUR5JkM8mQagMyISPU7zEouIkabMAfmTSq4rn5LFBnQHPlNgCn2msLv Wtz5NBBCt/dc/HiW7WdPZJqhmfqp8ZBvTpc5agtiFrFwwxea+icQF1yVvhbSAg3DtDC5 dT8xLxXt/5/TW0porHhtrNw2wXwOaDqBgapOf3J/8TpIWNBmH1sLVAVJqvzqw3XPvmbX kFGj22FFDMbP8O5BKZuS/Fxv8ICnIq/g75F5qH+QN8bki8FTaEd8Ca8iAeNwnbz1q6kL YXOQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUVJzGi3/e09WkgAabZmjEajgoWHZnxKWMF8IqMestDuFSujMJW Hs8dHBxF0OpBvDsiEOQNqs8GvB5K6gpHGehgxn9Ed/yGISprxg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwT4cBtEEQ2eJYgdSom2lMgwogypQ8Mwzo5gouBbYMYEU5F72oZ3iRAte3Dtf0iZ/dTI4QwbCHBBqPbBrRGXPE= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:d82:: with SMTP id i2mr13745004uak.34.1571020367042; Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:32:47 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20191010205546.GA29154@minnie.tuhs.org> <87h84f4kle.fsf@vuxu.org> <20191013194603.GB68749@server.rulingia.com> In-Reply-To: From: Rico Pajarola Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:32:36 -0700 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000e9b5a90594d5ae3c" Subject: Re: [TUHS] What was your "Aha, Unix!" moment? 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000e9b5a90594d5ae3c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My first "Aha moment" was when I (accidentally) discovered job control. Being able to hit ctrl-Z while editing something, do some things, type "fg" and be back where I left off was just amazing. None of the "unix emulation" products on top of dos/windows could do that (at least at the time, the ones available to me. IIRC cygwin these days has job control). Then I bought O'Reilly's "Unix Power Tools" book (which I recommend to anyone. Great book). The next epiphany was the discovery of `` (backticks) and xargs. Command line arguments and pipes could be transformed into each other. Just wow. Then I discovered vi and permanently lost the ability to be happy with other operating systems. On Sun, Oct 13, 2019 at 7:21 PM Lawrence Stewart wrote: > I first encountered Unix as v6 on an 11/34 at Stanford Information System= s > Lab. I read all the man pages and then the Lions book turned up and then > we had need of some new device drivers, and then we needed to get hooked = up > to the Arpanet,=E2=80=A6 and it took off from there. > > -Larry > > --000000000000e9b5a90594d5ae3c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My first "Aha moment" was when I (accidentally) = discovered job control. Being able to hit ctrl-Z while editing something, d= o some things, type "fg" and be back where I left off was just am= azing. None of the "unix emulation" products on top of dos/window= s could do that (at least at the time, the ones available to me. IIRC cygwi= n these days has job control).

Then I bought O'Reill= y's "Unix Power Tools" book (which I recommend to anyone. Gre= at book). The next epiphany was the discovery of `` (backticks) and xargs.= =C2=A0Command line arguments and pipes could be transformed into each other= . Just wow. Then I discovered=C2=A0vi and permanently lost the ability to b= e happy with other=C2=A0operating=C2=A0systems.

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On Sun,= Oct 13, 2019 at 7:21 PM Lawrence Stewart <stewart@serissa.com> wrote:
I first encountered Unix as v6 on an 11/34 at = Stanford Information Systems Lab.=C2=A0 I read all the man pages and then t= he Lions book turned up and then we had need of some new device drivers, an= d then we needed to get hooked up to the Arpanet,=E2=80=A6 and it took off = from there.

-Larry

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