Re: [tlug] Bashing away at Unix

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:05:45 +0900, "Stephen J. Turnbull"
<turnbull@example.com> wrote:

> But it's not another program.
> 
> (Hint, lookup "builtins".)

Fair point. I didn't think of that.

> Note: I don't think that the result would change if you had
> used /bin/echo.

It won't, I don't think. ISTR wracking by brains trying to work out why the
output of a perl script was seemingly being truncated by zsh at one point,
but that quite a few years ago.

-- 
G. Stewart - gstewart@example.com

A UNIX saleslady, Lenore,
Enjoys work, but she likes the beach more.
    She found a good way
    To combine work and play:
She sells C shells by the seashore.

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