L.G.:
Thanks for the reply - I'll look up the documents. I'm certain the class
does NOT want to see these gritty details, and what I'm trying to do is
to avoid having to mention them. But I do like to mention human readable
forms of output - which means mention of tabs (unless there is a better
suggestion, without using Perl). And I think the "script" command is a
really good method for a student to see what they've been doing, especially
with my wrapper. The bogus pipe problem is just something students seem
to keep trying, over and over, and it's hard to explain to them why it is
a really bad idea, when their test programs keep working and giving them
the correct output!
-- Stan
> Stan,
>
> I checked out www.gnu.org for the following link, but I think
> that 'man bash' would give you the same thing.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.02/html_chapter/bashref_4.es.html
> http://mirrors.ccs.neu.edu/UNIXhelp/shell/bash_hist.html
>
> Getting into the nitty gritty of bash syntax, and what should
> work and doesn't is quite beyond mine and most people's mental
> capacity. Are you sure your _Beginner_ Unix class really wants
> to go there too? Maybe it can be avoided. But I really don't
> know, because I don't know how you've assessed your class or what
> topics you have agreed upon--especially with regard to the
> level of complexity.
>
> But you could start with:
>
> ls /usr/doc/bash*
>
> /usr/doc/bash-1.14.7:
> NEWS README RELEASE
>
> /usr/doc/bash2-2.03:
> CHANGES COMPAT NEWS NOTES POSIX.NOTES
>
> /usr/doc/bash2-doc-2.03:
> article.ps bash.html bashbug.ps builtins.0 readline.ps
> article.txt bash.ps bashref.html builtins.ps
> bash.0 bashbug.0 bashref.ps readline.0
>
>
> At a first glance, there is a bash script called 'bashbug' if you
> wish to fill out and email a bash bug report. There is even
> information about how bash conforms to POSIX standards.
>
> Best Regards,
> L.G.
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