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,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5408 invoked from network); 16 Feb 2021 21:16:51 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 16 Feb 2021 21:16:51 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D694F9CA6E; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:16:42 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9FC69CA71; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:16:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="MiDvSrVx"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4223C9CA78; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:15:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f175.google.com (mail-oi1-f175.google.com [209.85.167.175]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ADBBC9CA6B for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 07:15:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f175.google.com with SMTP id q186so8748588oig.12 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:15:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language; bh=tDRz8p4hYYdHncji5c/LXRTxzqFcmPHIqawG/Nd+3dI=; b=MiDvSrVxnRufgMX+4FDOr4rFjLHKIvk2/IvLRKTywcdyFtZq+dvShx/9BHj5bJ0xR3 fOl/Mo7EHVPD+FEjhxwusNPu/OgeZdcI27ofMrelNUuavq8HXPNsLB5qNoxtm5HiRFZK IIt8W59XXQk7Z7hrrcNdqkDI9b31RObPPzplf1vQYi/H4i0MBlfJUIntzH3WIErNx1lk v5dNq2yrE1ogUnjazryGM0IeG5gogdMX/TS+5iqu3TtNvcPSaVbpBnyx1p3vy+8Oh/ix Ru31T3J7UmgNGL5C3tbvgeBynTHdoCoECrPRGJjBLkKNjJnXo8Ka9kL4hou9h+DfVxlt yRMg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language; bh=tDRz8p4hYYdHncji5c/LXRTxzqFcmPHIqawG/Nd+3dI=; b=luoL0+T7XVrv2FSvKExyIrF+n03b8mHXwrCRKEp4F/n//BDISS8EeIiSs2wFUEEeXK joFohAP+ZQ4xGXF/J5ZVvQMHrmui/b3HguZvkzp6MlmwU8BoqoEYmBKPQxvrP/Dhq8ci MXwbgc0gYZKmH3YZSeicF+ouQcXB4eH/BNtSoEEHvRh1r7CaxYV31SyvBMNmmq9USSkU OP9PCpqZ2aK6d/xlc54JUrEbFVBgl7B8kKxACQgNkvfi8CrsHUtg1iy/wWJJUYZ/9v+m fpoy06Aq2aj5J3pzt5u+oWLcks/+PzttVzYEua+H8V5+eU8hmd5BLo82/W6/g8V6M5tG UQHA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533UTaoLVKkoa4iHnsM+qIUkbsrV/uAVzVv0QovmEhJqq+51Eq2z SHfEs/sw6MBnpG3IiuYzKoa/a93csmgPnw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxE559BSJ9qJ5Dfu/bMxj74m6zjifu1E91qed4QYRJeicrrCkagR52Q7bjfw82axawTxkwBCw== X-Received: by 2002:aca:a884:: with SMTP id r126mr3768588oie.89.1613510146845; Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:15:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.local (99-139-148-170.lightspeed.rcsntx.sbcglobal.net. [99.139.148.170]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i22sm22856oot.3.2021.02.16.13.15.46 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:15:46 -0800 (PST) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <3987726c-db35-79fc-00cb-5d979cfaf53a@gmail.com> From: Will Senn Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:15:45 -0600 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------A4946C7509F0D3B22BC45BEC" Content-Language: en-US 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 is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A4946C7509F0D3B22BC45BEC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 2/16/21 3:02 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > 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 Oh brother! RTFM... properly... :). Still, I'm curious about the history. Will --------------A4946C7509F0D3B22BC45BEC Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
On 2/16/21 3:02 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
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

Oh brother! RTFM... properly... :). Still, I'm curious about the history.

Will
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