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=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, 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 42c01b59 for ; Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:54:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6CAEC9D72D; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 00:54:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D27AC9D71C; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 00:54:14 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="DztINV1v"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C5F8D9D71C; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 00:54:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f170.google.com (mail-qk1-f170.google.com [209.85.222.170]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F1C09D71B for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2020 00:54:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f170.google.com with SMTP id u124so5512347qkh.13 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:54:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=YzQGdRgG8VgJF/peQrbw8QL1ciJX1eQ9SY5YnEdMc4s=; b=DztINV1v7T6zyztPkc2nDWzDcLvUV+Hl6XNNVAZNowDFwj1VH2Eljcm0IP89qr2K2u gKF+JFUi+LZ70uYk5ZttErkFs7LOdzeSWfdAKJtn81oGhXb66AADH7iWA/aG8Iw+nIg9 eQVQs1wOq51fTGMeLkN6t9xHR69NTsErRIX/ITesrMCtdgx1Eg1rWupa+I03qzd/1prS nYswawX8M7geJgg4juIOgEN2NsYWgCCk1qJNSxO40S2eXUBKirxOXGgPudu0+iDR43Bo QairZnTWKeTfAVNLync4Ids8hFYWBDhGbeOA3nw2rd8koebDKVB55j9A2FRAisrI0pk9 g3Qg== 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=YzQGdRgG8VgJF/peQrbw8QL1ciJX1eQ9SY5YnEdMc4s=; b=RwA9+EgrnSRnWL2k+qpvPJbyN7M+egpmAtN4x3RrYf2yclZsZtkldOSuWlP26K9mhE BQm7KF3lTnPgcMMNI8APH9a5Lu3zsbQfaZqEM1gjFMrAWTBiWFOp4iSD6iAv6vctZbJE oqNfwQ0F8Yful2kwGtaFhfa5IVdmxPdq5Yb1dF9JUqLCWk3GxMUVx45ninv9qqXlE5k/ ewZeoiVuznZ9FVKWKJcUjf6R3VlgBb/UcMfMBcdTyaesAewbCDt+tfiJqvHoZLn5kDgI sKkplRY4Diy337689MRHFAOEmWyehbI5rfGaNm7HOP0Y38L1mBQWvAHaE+KmXts+eXml 8Dcw== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3gaUaelk4WxkBKbz8B2OsmsxOvDjn6yEuslffvYDsg4GssoxMn iXKkAWgVDxO/dN6K/VywQqmSbXb7/Ea0z4hy/x0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vsE9Rae266LojbXoEtZKSgTTboaxLiQcD3T1zOEf3D6z8PKLzfEUzLPbU9QmsWcWROWTf4OICHrdT5WswW11Zc= X-Received: by 2002:a37:a6d4:: with SMTP id p203mr8516638qke.350.1583420050516; Thu, 05 Mar 2020 06:54:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200305020517.GA13872@wopr> In-Reply-To: From: Dan Cross Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2020 09:53:31 -0500 Message-ID: To: Ken Thompson Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000a42fa605a01cb5a3" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Command line options and complexity 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 Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000a42fa605a01cb5a3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 11:18 PM Ken Thompson via TUHS wrote: > do i get a prize: > Depends on whether you do your grocery shopping at Trader Joe's. ls -tj > /bin/ls: illegal option -- j > usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...] > Very nice. Wasn't there something in the fortune file at one point about the "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" bridge crossing scene where the question was, "what $n$ lower case letters are not options to ls(1)?" - Dan C. --000000000000a42fa605a01cb5a3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 11:18 PM Ken Thomp= son via TUHS <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.o= rg> wrote:
do i get a prize:

Depends on whether you do your grocery shopping = at Trader Joe's.

ls -tj
/bin/ls: illegal option -- = j
usage: ls [-ABCFGHLOPRSTUWabcdefghiklmnopqrstuwx1] [file ...]

Very nice. Wasn't there something i= n the fortune file at one point about the "Monty Python and the Holy G= rail" bridge crossing scene where the question was, "what $n$ low= er case letters are not options to ls(1)?"

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