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From: jln@acns.nwu.edu (John Norstad)
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Subject: Re: System 7 question
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Date: 28 Dec 89 18:07:05 GMT
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In article <780093@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> mikek@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Mike Kirkpatrick) 
writes:
> How about pipes and i/o redirection for starters. There are some 
> activities that are just better done with a text/command line interface.

Yes, there are some things like pipes and i/o redirection that UNIX-like 
command interfaces currently do much better than the Mac OS.  You should 
check out Apple's MPW (Macintosh Programmer's Workshop).  It's based on a 
UNIX-like shell that has pipes and i/o redirection, plus equivalents for 
the most popular UNIX filters.  I use it all the time, and not just for 
programming.

From what I saw of System 7.0 at last May's Developer Conference, the new 
Finder in 7.0 will include much more powerful facilities for doing this 
sort of thing, including selecting files by pattern matching on their 
names.

John Norstad
Northwestern University
jln@acns.nwu.edu