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From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
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Subject: Re: stty -g output ...
Message-ID: <1991Jun20.082818.22350@prl.dec.com>
Date: 20 Jun 91 08:28:18 GMT
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The `-g' format is just wrong.  I should be able to go:

   ; stty -a > x		# sane stty's should work on stdin

   ...

   ; stty `cat x`

What did Pike say about `program[ming] the inputs'?


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

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