On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 06:56:03PM -0400, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
> >
> > I don't buy it :-). This syntax is similar to a special case of the syntax
> > of jot(1). It's better to use jot(1) directly, e.g.:
> >
> > MAKEDEV $(jot -w da 2 0) # make 2 acd devices beginning at acd0
b$ which jot
/usr/bin/jot
b$
The jot utility doesn't appear to be in /bin.
b$ echo '$(jot -w da 2 0)' | wc
1 5 17
b$ echo $(jot -w da 2 0) | wc
1 2 8
b$
Heh.
/me mumbles something about the prototypical UNIX hacker... :-)
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