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From: ken@usceast.UUCP (Ken Sallenger)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Problem with caret ('^') in addresses with uux
Message-ID: <2555@usceast.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 88 22:41:24 GMT
References: <680@acornrc.UUCP> <8627@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: ken@usceast.UUCP (Ken Sallenger)
Organization: University of South Carolina, Columbia
Lines: 14
Keywords: uux, caret, TTY trivia

In article <8627@eddie.MIT.EDU> wisner@eddie.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes:
=>For hysterical reasons,

A Model 33 Teletype (yes, I have one! ;-) doesn't have a `|' on the
keyboard.

=>                        the Bourne shell considers a caret identical
=>to a pipe, and with the same function.

So, the next time you have to quote a grep pattern, you'll know why.
-- 
     Ken Sallenger         # Dept. of Computer Science +1 803 777-4611
     ken@usceast.UUCP      # Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
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