Re: A simple hate today.

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From: Tom Duff
Subject: Re: A simple hate today.
Date: 17:46 on 26 May 2006
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Michael Ahlers wrote:

> As this debate has raged on for nearly a week (or more?) now, I think it
> is time we propose a new approach to resolve once and for all this "help
> switch dilemma."

The way help should work is:

   At the shell prompt, prepend "man " to the name of the command;
   hit return;
   read the help.

That's how it worked on every BTL UNIX,
thanks mainly to Doug McIlroy.  It's
hateful that it doesn't work today.

-- 
Tom Duff.  Utilizes the latest Fibonacci tuning fork technology!

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