On Mon 2010-05-10 17:35:45 UTC-0800, David Allen ([email protected]) wrote:
> 1. Why doesn't cal(1) hilight the current day? Hell, some days I'm > not even sure what day or week it is, so after typing 'cal', I have to > type in 'date', and then sit there for a few seconds to interpret what > I'm looking at. Of course, that isn't always successful, so I > typically end up reaching for my mouse and hilight the date manually. > But after doing that I'm just as annoyed by not knowing the date as > I'm annoyed by the behavior of the cal utility and the extra work I'm > forced to do. cal(1) is pretty old. I suspect it was written partly so the output could be printed out on paper. /usr/ports/deskutils/cal might be more your taste. > 2. Why doesn't md5(1) have a "check" option? Seems to me requiring a > manual inspection is error-prone at best, and makes scripting unecessarily > complicated. If you're comparing two files, cmp(1) might be more suitable. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
