Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!packard!topaz!@RUTGERS.ARPA:RWK@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA From: @RUTGERS.ARPA:RWK@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA Newsgroups: net.works Subject: WORKS Digest V5 #10 Message-ID: <788@topaz.ARPA> Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 01:47:46 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.788 Posted: Tue Feb 26 01:47:46 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 28-Feb-85 12:10:51 EST Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 From: Robert W. Kerns From: umcp-cs!chris@topaz (Chris Torek) Subject: Re: grisly grizzled programs Date: 16 Feb 85 05:35:58 GMT Ok, let's actually take this real example of "ls" bugs (4.2BSD manual): Newline and tab are considered printing characters in file names. Now seriously, how often do you find file names with newlines and tabs in them? Has *anyone* ever *really wanted* ls to print \n or \t? Gack! It's been 8 years or so since I used Unix much at all, and I remember this one! I remember being Really Faked Out by this one.