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The chronology is wrong. dash-options came before pipes. The first edition already has them while pipes came in the third edition.
by aap_ 4y ago
The chronology is wrong. dash-options came before pipes. The first edition already has them while pipes came in the third edition.
- eesmith 4y agoAs supporting evidence, the Unix Manual from 1971, http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/UNIX_ProgrammersManual_Nov71.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/UNIX_ProgrammersM... contains synopses like: du [-s] [-a] [name ...] ld [-usaol] name ] ls [-ltasd] name ... pr [-lcm] name
- Maursault 4y agoWow, that's the actual manual, first edition man pages.