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From: chet@cwns1.CWRU.EDU (Chet Ramey)
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$ $  $ ls()
$ $  > {
$ $  > for i
$ $  > do
$ $  > 		echo $i
$ $  > done
$ $  > }
$ 
$ $  Useful, that.

$ When hacking around on a floppy-booted UNIX system, yes.

Oh, really?  You've already got `echo' as a shell built-in, why write a
function with a different name to duplicate its functionality? 

Chet
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Chet Ramey				``Levi Stubbs' tears run down
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