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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Davex
Message-ID: <38349@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 5 Feb 90 10:42:59 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <15245.chatter.infoapple@pro-beagle> mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.com (Mark Munz) writes:
>[...]
>Doesn't Dave Lyons' Davex come pretty close to giving you Unix 
>commands and file redirection?
>
>Mark Munz

Yes.  It doesn't try -too- hard to be just like csh, but it definitely
has that flavor.

It doesn't do multitasking (but it does do print spooling); the redirection
syntax is weird, but it does redirect (to files and slots).  It doesn't
do pipes, but it does have a history buffer, wildcards, and commands with
lots of nifty "-x" options.

Version 1.23 is the latest released version--I'm about to release 1.25,
which (among lots of other things) removes one of the biggest annoyances
to Unix folks:  the old one makes you put your pathnames -before- all
your "-x" options (in 1.25 you can do it in whatever order you want).
This makes my aliases much more useful, since there is no parameter
substitution into the aliases.

I'll post 1.25 to comp.binaries.apple2 in a couple of days, and I'll
post the release notes here.
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