Right, it definitely would break a lot of existing scripts, so I understand why its not a default. The thing is though, that really proves the argument that som

Right, it definitely would break a lot of existing scripts, so I understand why its not a default. The thing is though, that really proves the argument that some parts of Unix have a bad out of the box user experience! I personally love Unix and find it amazingly powerful, but I've made the same mistakes as everyone and killed entire boxes, and really with some simple UX changes that could be fixed in the bulk of cases. Edit: I forgot to add, thanks for the detailed answer!