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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 3867 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2021 21:04:16 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2021 21:04:16 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 483089CA90; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:04:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 504D89C853; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:03:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DB0829C853; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:02:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta11p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta11p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A86619C83A for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:02:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep11p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210216210248.CLUZ18700.nsstlfep11p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:02:48 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrjedtgddugeegucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehmtddtredtreejnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepieegteeivdevfeffudekhfegleduveejkedtgfefudekhfekleelvdejheetfeefnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5FE6CD140EB8B681 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:02:48 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 11GL2meM045164 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:02:48 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 11GL2lkH045161 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:02:48 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:02:47 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <3987726c-db35-79fc-00cb-5d979cfaf53a@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <3987726c-db35-79fc-00cb-5d979cfaf53a@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1483753691-2026111509-1613509368=:70858" Subject: Re: [TUHS] cut, paste, join, etc. 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" This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --1483753691-2026111509-1613509368=:70858 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Tue, 16 Feb 2021, Will Senn wrote: > To my knowledge, I've never used paste or join outside of initially > coming across them. But, they seem to 'fit' with cut. My question for > y'all is, was there a subset of related utilities that these were part > of that served some common purpose? On a related note, join seems like > part of an aborted (aka never fully realized) attempt at a text based > rdb to me... I use "cut" a fair bit, rarely use "paste", but as for "join" and RDBs, just look at the man page: "join — relational database operator". As for future use, who knows? Could be a fun project for someone with time on their hands (not me!). -- Dave, who once implemented a "join" operation with BDB --1483753691-2026111509-1613509368=:70858--