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- From: gls@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
- Subject: Re: pr -n <file doesn't work in HP-UX 9
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 19:58:06 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.195806.4122@cbnewsh.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec29.182002.12259@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <C02oDv.IH2@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>
- Keywords: pr 9.0
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- In <C02oDv.IH2@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>, rkl@csc.liv.ac.uk writes:
- > >
- > > pr -n < /etc/motd
- >
- > For those of us without HP-UX 9.0 (i.e. everyone in the world except the US
- > it seems), what exactly happens ??
-
- It ignores the -n. But "pr -n file" works correctly.
-
- > > In System V clones, pr -n is the *only* simple way to get line numbers.
- >
- > Not if you've got "nl" :-)
-
- Nl is new to me. From a glance at the man page, I judge that it's
- designed even worse than pr.... I miss Thompson and Ritchie!
-
- -:-
- Nothing changes,
- But nothing's the same....
- Dance and love,
- Eat and fight
- At the disco,
- DISCO DELIGHT!
-
- --Bob Burden
- --
- Col. G. L. Sicherman
- gls@windmill.att.COM
-