Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:6126 comp.unix.questions:13823 comp.unix.wizards:16356 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!peregrine!ccicpg!zardoz!tgate!irsx01!ka3ovk!ki4pv!cdin-1!icdi10!fr From: fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Ugly file name Keywords: rm cat mv regexp Message-ID: <155@icdi10.UUCP> Date: 21 May 89 17:12:21 GMT References: <128@tdl.UUCP> <7170@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <181@usource.UUCP> Reply-To: fr@icdi10.UUCP (Fred Rump from home) Distribution: usa Organization: Normally @ Compudata Inc. Phila PA Lines: 27 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: I think we've just about exhausted the bad file name issue here. From the hundreds of messages that have challenged the ingenuity of many, one can easily tell that there are two sets of users out there. First there are those who simply do what comes natural and then there are those who make life difficult for themselves and the rest of the world. Many of our ordinary, un-schooled and un-computer educated users create crazy files all the time by accident. They don't even think of this as a problem. They simply go to their friendly little word processor (Lyrix) and delete or rename to their heart's content by picking from the list of files available to them using nothing but an arrow key. We should remember that most users out there may think that grep is some kind of dirty grope for unnamed body parts. And I suppose that shows that all is well in computerland. They simply do their work from their friendly little menus while we continue to fight the valiant battle the press keeps talking about: how difficult it is to run Unix. Hmmm! Fred Rump -- {allegra killer gatech!uflorida decvax!ucf-cs}!ki4pv!cdis-1!cdin-1!icdi10!fr 26 Warren St. ...{bellcore rutgers bpa uunet}!cdin-1!icdi10!fr Beverly, NJ 08010 or INTERNET: fred@cdin-1.uu.net or fr@icdi10.UUCP 609-386-6846 "Freude... Alle Menschen werden Brueder..." - Schiller