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From: root@topaz.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Re: Ban the bang!
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Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 19:18:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11 19:18:02 1987
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Keywords: csh uucp conflict bang command_replacement
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