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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: dumbest guy in the world
Message-ID: <15532@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 20 Mar 91 22:11:20 GMT
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In article <1991Mar20.055035.21947@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kjs39186@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kent Squires) writes:
>I still say I'm the dumbest guy in the world.  I've downloaded the !Index file
>and the !ReadMe file to my local directory and am not able to read it.  How,
>I axe you, HOW does one read it.  I think the unix I'm on has problems with the
>! in filenames, but I really don't know.

UNIX itself has no problem with any character (other than /) in pathname
components.  My guess is that you're using the C-shell instead of a real
shell.  In your shoes I would type the command "sh" to get a real shell
then try reading the files (using "cat", "more", text editor, or whatever).