[RndTbl] RTFM, UNIX v5-style (ca. 1974)

Gilbert E. Detillieux gedetil at cs.umanitoba.ca
Thu Feb 1 15:01:13 CST 2018


Packed with a whopping 81 UNIX commands,  here's the complete set of man 
pages for UNIX v5...

http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v5/v5man.pdf

Worth having a look:

chmod (page 39) - Yeah, octal modes are a pain!...
dc (page 49) - What, no bc?... Nah, learn RPN, ya wimp!
diff (page 52) - "Jackpot!"?... Yup, I've seen it for myself.
goto (page 67) - Now you know the origin of the ':' command.
if (page 69) - Primitive flow control, pre-csh/Bourne shells.
shift (page 104) - Example of a shell script using the above.
tee (page 113) - "pipe fitting",... Yup, very descriptive.

Ah, the good ol' days...
Gilbert

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