peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (05/04/90)
In article <747@mwtech.UUCP> martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes about an innofensive program called "uniq". > But there is something that allways annoys me. If you > don't know right now, take a look at the manual. > Maybe this will pay some day .... You mean, the way if you have files named a and b, and you say "uniq ?", it will trash "b"? Indent does it too. It's really a sick idea. Thanks for the warning. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.uu.net> 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com> @FIN Commercial solicitation *is* accepted by email to this address.
c60c-3cf@e260-3f.berkeley.edu (Dan Kogai) (05/06/90)
In article <7Z739XAxds13@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <747@mwtech.UUCP> martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes >about an innofensive program called "uniq". >> But there is something that allways annoys me. If you >> don't know right now, take a look at the manual. >> Maybe this will pay some day .... > >You mean, the way if you have files named a and b, and you say "uniq ?", >it will trash "b"? Indent does it too. It's really a sick idea. > But at least indent makes backup! Uniq just kills it. But it's not hard to implement uniq an make it safe. Well, I don't use uniq as often as grep|sed and never killed file by that... --- ################## Dan The "I grok therefore I am God" Man + ____ __ __ + (Aka Dan Kogai) + ||__||__| + E-mail: dankg@ocf.berkeley.edu + ____| ______ + Voice: 415-549-6111 + | |__|__| + USnail: 1730 Laloma Berkeley, CA 94709 + |___ |__|__| + U.S.A + |____|____ + Disclaimer: I'd rather be blackmailed for my long .sig + \_| | + than give up my cool name in Kanji. And my + <- THE MAN -> + citizenship of People's Republic o' Berkeley ################## has nothing 2 do w/ whatever I post, ThanQ.
mike@nixba.UUCP (Mike Lyons) (05/07/90)
In article <1990May5.233549.4987@agate.berkeley.edu> c60c-3cf@e260-3f.berkeley.edu (Dan Kogai) writes: >In article <7Z739XAxds13@ficc.uu.net> peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >>You mean, the way if you have files named a and b, and you say "uniq ?", >>it will trash "b"? Indent does it too. It's really a sick idea. >> > But at least indent makes backup! Uniq just kills it... Nah, indent will blow away the second file named in a line like "indent a.c b.c" I once pulled an "indent *.c" on a set of about 30 source files in a directory. Indent complained that the last file name in the list was an "unknown parameter," simultaneously blowing away the second file from the list. No, I didn't have a backup for the 2000+ lines of source, nor did I even notice it until I tried to do a make right before a deadline. >-( Peace, Mike -- Michael D. Lyons / Nixdorf Computer AG / phone: +49 911 6415 609 Donaustrasse 36 :: D-8500 Nuernberg 60 :: Federal Republic of Germany EUNET: mike@nixba.uucp NERV: lyons.nue OTHERWISE: uunet!linus!nixbur!lyons.nue I'd change the world for the better...if I could get my hands on the source code