On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 01:23:58AM +0100, Iggy Drougge wrote:
> >elink="ep"
> >ifconfig $elink ...
> 
> But that's going at it the other way around. It's adapting a cryptic pro
> system to the beginner, and expecting him to do it himself, instead of letting
> the pros who already have the required knowledge create their own
> abbreviations.

What beginner would manage to type 'ifconfig' anything?

You're trying to put a dent in the Unix learning curve by changing ep0
to elink0 - That's not going to help, since it doesn't address the real
issue. Anyone who knows ifconfig exists can probably manage
'ifconfig -a'...

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there might find a microwave oven controlled by a Unix system an attractive
idea, controlling a microwave oven is easily accomplished with the smallest
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