On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:36:31 EDT, "Lewis, James M." writes: >I didn't know linux did this. It's an old unix feature. >Way back when, there were terminals that only had uppercase.
<mode sudden_flashback> Umm, way back in an Austrian school, about 1995...terminals for a BS2000 (a sinix(unix-)clone from Siemens iirc) mainframe...20 pupils for their first experience with unix...teacher tells "<blah> this, then <blah> that, then <blah>" - pupil "can´t we just pipe this to grep and..." - teacher "do as your told, you don´t have to understand anything, thats not why you´re here" </mode> and yes, there were capital letters, only, then. scnr, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \ KPNQwest/AT tech staff | Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /
