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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Stupid UNIX command syntax (Re: Stupidest UNIX Command)
Message-ID: <7Z739XAxds13@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 4 May 90 16:22:31 GMT
References: <23183@adm.BRL.MIL> <916@emdeng.Dayton.NCR.COM> <747@mwtech.UUCP>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <747@mwtech.UUCP> martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes
about an innofensive program called "uniq".
> But there is something that allways annoys me. If you
> don't know right now, take a look at the manual.
> Maybe this will pay some day ....

You mean, the way if you have files named a and b, and you say "uniq ?",
it will trash "b"? Indent does it too. It's really a sick idea.

Thanks for the warning.
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