Diffs to the Frequently Asked Questions postings
Steve Hayman
Frequently Asked Questions articles, which have just been
posted. You can find the full articles elsewhere in
comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. You can also ftp
the most recent version from iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (129.79.254.192),
where it's "pub/Unix-Questions.part1" and "pub/Unix-Questions.part2".
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Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]
! [Last changed: $Date: 90/03/02 00:49:42 $ by $Author: sahayman $]
This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. Please don't
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Subject: Frequently Asked Questions about Unix - with Answers [Monthly posting]
! [Last changed: $Date: 90/04/01 22:49:33 $ by $Author: sahayman $]
This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions
often seen in comp.unix.questions and comp.unix.wizards. Please don't
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! EXCLAMATION POINT, exclamation (mark), (ex)clam, excl, wow, hey, boing,
bang#, shout, yell, shriek, pling, factorial, ball-bat, smash, cuss,
! store#, potion&, not*+
" QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears,
double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web&, inverted commas
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! EXCLAMATION POINT, exclamation (mark), (ex)clam, excl, wow, hey, boing,
bang#, shout, yell, shriek, pling, factorial, ball-bat, smash, cuss,
! store#, potion&, not*+, dammit*#
" QUOTATION MARK, (double) quote, dirk, literal mark, rabbit ears,
double ping, double glitch, amulet&, web&, inverted commas
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<> ANGLE BRACKETS, angles, funnels, brokets, pointy brackets
< LESS THAN, less, read from*, from*, in*, comesfrom*, crunch,
! sucks, left chevron#, open pointy (brack[et]), bra#, upstairs&
> GREATER THAN, more, write to*, into/toward*, out*, gazinta*, zap,
! blows, right chevron#, closing pointy (brack[et]), ket#, downstairs&
= EQUAL SIGN, equal(s), gets, becomes, quadrathorpe#, half-mesh, ring&
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<> ANGLE BRACKETS, angles, funnels, brokets, pointy brackets
< LESS THAN, less, read from*, from*, in*, comesfrom*, crunch,
! sucks, left chevron#, open pointy (brack[et]), bra#, upstairs&, west
> GREATER THAN, more, write to*, into/toward*, out*, gazinta*, zap,
! blows, right chevron#, closing pointy (brack[et]), ket#, downstairs&,
! east
= EQUAL SIGN, equal(s), gets, becomes, quadrathorpe#, half-mesh, ring&
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@ AT SIGN, at, each, vortex, whirl, whirlpool, cyclone, snail, ape, cat,
snable-a#, trunk-a#, rose, cabbage, Mercantile symbol, strudel#,
! fetch#, shopkeeper&, human&
[] BRACKETS, square brackets, U-turns, edged parentheses
[ LEFT BRACKET, bracket, bra, (left) square (brack[et]), opensquare,
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@ AT SIGN, at, each, vortex, whirl, whirlpool, cyclone, snail, ape, cat,
snable-a#, trunk-a#, rose, cabbage, Mercantile symbol, strudel#,
! fetch#, shopkeeper&, human&, commercial-at
[] BRACKETS, square brackets, U-turns, edged parentheses
[ LEFT BRACKET, bracket, bra, (left) square (brack[et]), opensquare,
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] RIGHT BRACKET, unbracket, ket, right square (brack[et]), unsquare, close,
mimic&
! \ BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat,
! escape*, backslak, bak, scan#, expand#, opulent throne&, slosh, slope
^ CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop,
up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang,
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] RIGHT BRACKET, unbracket, ket, right square (brack[et]), unsquare, close,
mimic&
! \ BACKSLASH, reversed virgule, bash, (back)slant, backwhack, backslat,
! escape*, backslak, bak, scan#, expand#, opulent throne&, slosh, slope,
! blash
^ CIRCUMFLEX, caret, carrot, (top)hat, cap, uphat, party hat, housetop,
up arrow, control, boink, chevron, hiccup, power, to-the(-power), fang,
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backping, execute#, boulder&, rock&
{} BRACES, curly braces, squiggly braces, curly brackets, squiggle brackets,
! Tuborgs#, ponds, curly chevrons#, squirrly braces, hitchcocks#
{ LEFT BRACE, brace, curly, leftit, embrace, openbrace, begin+,
fountain&
} RIGHT BRACE, unbrace, uncurly, rytit, bracelet, close, end+, a pool&
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backping, execute#, boulder&, rock&
{} BRACES, curly braces, squiggly braces, curly brackets, squiggle brackets,
! Tuborgs#, ponds, curly chevrons#, squirrly braces, hitchcocks#,
! chippendale brackets#
{ LEFT BRACE, brace, curly, leftit, embrace, openbrace, begin+,
fountain&
} RIGHT BRACE, unbrace, uncurly, rytit, bracelet, close, end+, a pool&
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bitor+, vert, v-bar, spike, to*, gazinta*, thru*, pipesinta*, tube,
mark, whack, gutter, wall&
! ~ TILDE, twiddle, tilda, tildee, wave, squiggle, swung dash, approx,
wiggle, enyay#, home*, worm, not+
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bitor+, vert, v-bar, spike, to*, gazinta*, thru*, pipesinta*, tube,
mark, whack, gutter, wall&
! ~ TILDE, twiddle, tilda, tildee, wave, squiggle, swung dash, approx,
wiggle, enyay#, home*, worm, not+
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computerized) publishing and typesetting industry in the U.S.
too, so ...
! store from FORTH
+ ! dammit as in "quit, dammit!" while exiting vi and hoping one hasn't
+ clobbered a file too badly
# octothorpe from Bell System (orig. octalthorpe)
# unequal e.g. Modula-2
$ string from BASIC
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{} curly chevr. see "< left chevron"
{} hitchcocks from the old Alfred Hitchcock show, with the stylized profile
of the man
| broken line EBCDIC has two vertical bars, one solid and one broken.
! ~ enyay from the Spanish n-tilde
() nil LISP
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Steve Hayman Workstation Manager Computer Science Department Indiana U.
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{} curly chevr. see "< left chevron"
{} hitchcocks from the old Alfred Hitchcock show, with the stylized profile
of the man
+ {} chipp. br. after Chippendale chairs
| broken line EBCDIC has two vertical bars, one solid and one broken.
! ~ enyay from the Spanish n-tilde
() nil LISP
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Steve Hayman Workstation Manager Computer Science Department Indiana U.