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Re: qshell, ls, sort by size


On 23/05/2009, at 2:18 AM, CRPence wrote:

I actually have a distaste for all of the cryptic & non-intuitive
*nix command line invocations. When I started on the AS/400 I saw
its CL as a vivid example in contrast, emphasizing just how poorly
*nix was cobbled together by engineers with no obvious common goal.
I realized then, that I would never go back to such a crappy
interface as what was offered by the command line of *nix shells.


Now THAT sounds like something I'd say ...

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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