On 12/16/15 3:29 PM, John McKown wrote:
> FWIW (not much), I'm going to go with Chet on this. It may be my ignorance
> speaking, but what can I do in a BASH shell script which I cannot do (at
> all) just by entering the commands by hand?
That's where the scope of the proposal makes a difference. If it's
intended for captive systems where the user does not have direct access
to the shell or the file system, that's a different thing than a general
purpose system.
Chet
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