Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!atc!s5000!nightowl!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: UNIX mind-set (was: How wrong is MS-DOS?) Message-ID: <1991Jan15.083604.600@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 15 Jan 91 08:36:04 GMT References: <11267@lanl.gov> Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA Lines: 15 jlg@lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes: >A production quality ls would have the capability to filter any >of the fields of a file description in generally useful ways. >For example, what about 'ls -before 1/1/90' to list all files >created before Jan. first 1990? Try to do _that_ with grep. I believe that the OS ne Holy Grail that you are looking for is called VMS and is a product of Digital Equipment Corporation. You may want to look in to its features -- it will probably satisfy a lot of your gripes with Unix. -- Derek "Tigger" Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need your advice. -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots