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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5844 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2022 14:34:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Jul 2022 14:34:38 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D344C406D9; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:34:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f47.google.com (mail-vs1-f47.google.com [209.85.217.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B4AC4014F for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:34:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f47.google.com with SMTP id a66so6751916vsc.1 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 07:34:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=XLPD6TmHUDjA4ddTyHbjniZ/fTFpIEKtBnaPpA6d46U=; b=hf75oKudM6Sk5IkSQMy4OEATCQMmEJw3FrtdMDJteQ2tXRJUrDgiTLgki8TYaXoPM5 U7cHXZZg8VIjcc9T4KckYaWIM7Ld8vYBQhFLi9H3NZo6AznhrKr06fuaWZsfwGcecnE5 ewGrFs5zV0ZtfkzUVmQ1w04+LhsfnQCjt3cuwYbUOZFjmSL0+nIwhYB25Z/9TJ6cDyBe zD+hljOIMXYDvmUUNvHk3q8ihUxEZB0LyzxMSAgy7WrBhNqyJg0SgfFKX0xKZUIcWRSV uEcucRhd5R0FXGWNbvo8ek5zfYhfTSlvsIZi9ceWa/MYpRW7jAbSjM2iPFc0bDmQ6PjL QzIw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=XLPD6TmHUDjA4ddTyHbjniZ/fTFpIEKtBnaPpA6d46U=; b=lm1QRvxu+tqoMU6C85Nc3IMcztDbcB7+a0DPle3YB0xtSkD0vsqYxFUt/qFAm600J/ I46tybr8z67rYVilZkQsSEAAy1vDrg+GAC+U87ZWQ3d8NWXijUSwgu1+cyG6vyZZaeTv yt7CAiRZBovE+Dnc9vddSzQNjpauZ1wQTF9uCPwkFKaINwTampWKuO50I7daMWkezlFx pxUulakIHwNG+vWAN12Nx3SJsXRF9PX9hQ+nJPqzPI4+Ud5VAxK8aJlk2tC7dPw0N4DE yOHGYOMXtBDPrguZDy+be4/ji8FbSgBAj1TwmV0T8H6RN6N/yHetPEZq6FoYKvJavE+G wNYw== X-Gm-Message-State: AJIora/4sPp2MGIkZvQUubYTqatPNoXobVI2yACjJuaVxM8NDmld9gSJ Lnjap21W3KNy2qd7hLWBSu2Um93hRPF0IX/M6+/wLEislNS/TQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGRyM1u9OMC/VDp4HLsiA1zkwTw6CCGhAQrMn7RbfUR2Jj3Scoewnq/WWfQzaD/EvloCS7dP4ei5xFXK158a8B2ozAA= X-Received: by 2002:a67:fd90:0:b0:358:397c:f6e with SMTP id k16-20020a67fd90000000b00358397c0f6emr1344205vsq.48.1658586800363; Sat, 23 Jul 2022 07:33:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1oF87S-4zW-00@marmaro.de> <8NgHeeJiYEBE0zhtd9RdKIeYWcAwtxsnAj7YhVIvLpz-yt0__LeFvVzNNGgSNTeDGnVQy-qxkoHWvmRi84ybYyNAiMRDJuVoAaEG96UAu4s=@protonmail.com> <83CADD1C2866986767CAF9251E6EF882.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> In-Reply-To: From: John Cowan Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:33:09 -0400 Message-ID: To: Rob Pike Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000010b0c105e479d58c" Message-ID-Hash: RPQHKEXYZH2MTWMIBOWC6XZ26JK5UER6 X-Message-ID-Hash: RPQHKEXYZH2MTWMIBOWC6XZ26JK5UER6 X-MailFrom: cowan@ccil.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Line Numbers Before SysIII nl? BSD num? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000010b0c105e479d58c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Jul 23, 2022 at 9:21 AM Rob Pike wrote: Very odd. I thought so too, but the 8th Edition manual says pr -n > prints in n columns, I'm almost certain that -n here means that -2 is 2 columns, -3 columns, etc., and that there is no actual -n switch. In Posix as well as more modern man pages this is spelled -COLUMNS: see man.cat-v.org. > while the 9th and 10th say it numbers the lines. > I think this may have come from BSD; it is now part of Posix. --00000000000010b0c105e479d58c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Sat, Jul 23, 2= 022 at 9:21 AM Rob Pike <robpike@gm= ail.com> wrote:

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Very odd. I thought = so too, but the 8th Edition manual says pr -n
prints in n columns,

I= 'm almost certain that -n here means that -2 is 2 columns, -3 columns, = etc., and that there is no actual -n switch.=C2=A0 In Posix as well as more= modern man pages this is spelled -COLUMNS: see man.cat-v.org.
while the 9th and 10th say it numbers = the lines.

I think= this may have come from BSD; it is now part of Posix.
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