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- From: chmood@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu (Charlie Moody)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AmigaOS 4.x features
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 03:43:14 GMT
- Organization: Photobooks Inc
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- On 27 Mar 1996 20:12:49 GMT, Bernhard Fastenrath wrote:
- : Charlie Moody (chmood@photobooks.atdc.gatech.edu) wrote:
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- : : A couple of features *I'd* like to see:
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- : : - adoption of *nix pattern-matching; it stands head, shoulders, and ankles
- : : above the original Amiga 'system' in power, simplicity, and flexibility.
- : Enabling the * character is already possible (just like enabling the "|"
- : pipe symbol).
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- Not just '?' and '*', but also the bracketed ranging, a la 'mv
- fred-[a-z].pgm ram:'.
-
- And that reminds me: how about a real move command, and no more of this
- "move across devices" error!
-
- These two would dramatically enhance the usefulness of the cli.
-