Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Mar 1994.
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· 5 messages · 23 Mar 1994 - 24 Mar 1994
Hi, I have been getting alot of great ascii art from this group. I was just
curious... up 'till now, i have been using DOS editor to view them. Is
there a better way to do this??? If so, Would someone mind sending me a
copy of whatever it is that you use. Thanx.
James Backa Hi Dad?? It's three o'clock
g2x...@acad1.unbsj.ca in the morning...Do you
know where I am?!?!?!?
- Calvin & Hobbes
In article <g2x...@UNBSJ.CA>, g2x...@UNBSJ.CA (JAMES W. BACKA) writes: > Hi, I have been getting alot of great ascii art from this group. I was just > curious... up 'till now, i have been using DOS editor to view them. Is > there a better way to do this??? If so, Would someone mind sending me a > copy of whatever it is that you use. Thanx. I'm sorry, but this is damn funny. How many stoopid people are there out there ? C'mon man - Every hear about the 'TYPE' command in DOS, well, say you have an ascii-file called, errm, nob.txt, then all you have to do is type in : TYPE nob.txt Simple as that man - plus, if it's more than 28 lines long, just do : TYPE nob.txt | more ,or more > nob.txt OKAY???? __ __ __ _/ |_____________ ____ | | __ _____ _____ _______/ |_ ___________ \ __\_ __ \__ \ _/ ___\| |/ // \\__ \ / ___/\ __\/ __ \_ __ \ | | | | \// __ \\ \___| <| Y Y \/ __ \_\___ \ | | \ ___/| | \/ |__| |__| (____ /\___ >__|_ \__|_| (____ /____ > |__| \___ >__| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ mar...@zippy.dct.ac.uk trackmaster tapes available.
Sandy Morton (sw...@atl.hp.com) wrote: > In article <199...@zippy.dct.ac.uk>, mcs...@zippy.dct.ac.uk (A.Raverboy) writes: > |> more > nob.txt > I would first like to say that I have no idea how to use a PC (I stick > to UNIX). But, I couldn't help but notice that on UNIX this command would > destroy the nob.txt file, not view it. Is this backwards on the PC (like > the "/"), or should he have written "more < nob.txt"? Nope. Same as unix. This will not only destroy the contents of nob.txt, but it will confuse the user for a few seconds... Because more accepts input from the terminal if you don't feed it anything... So you type this in, hit enter, and get a cursor... You wait a minute, think, 'this is taking a damned long time to load,' eventually you hit a key, and feel dumb. :) > Sorry to intrude, but I just didn't want to see some poor new person trash > all his files trying to look at them. > Sandy (sw...@atl.hp.com) -- _ __/| Chris Koeberle \`O.o' koe...@utdallas.edu =(_ _)= these stacks they keep me down... so i build some more U america's just a word but i use it... -- Fugazi
In article <2msa6k$6a...@hpuerci.atl.hp.com>, sw...@atl.hp.com (Sandy Morton) writes: > In article <199...@zippy.dct.ac.uk>, mcs...@zippy.dct.ac.uk (A.Raverboy) writes: > |> more > nob.txt > > I would first like to say that I have no idea how to use a PC (I stick > to UNIX). But, I couldn't help but notice that on UNIX this command would > destroy the nob.txt file, not view it. Is this backwards on the PC (like > the "/"), or should he have written "more < nob.txt"? Well, maybe - but I hate dos, I prefer VMS DCL. __ __ __ _/ |_____________ ____ | | __ _____ _____ _______/ |_ ___________ \ __\_ __ \__ \ _/ ___\| |/ // \\__ \ / ___/\ __\/ __ \_ __ \ | | | | \// __ \\ \___| <| Y Y \/ __ \_\___ \ | | \ ___/| | \/ |__| |__| (____ /\___ >__|_ \__|_| (____ /____ > |__| \___ >__| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ mar...@zippy.dct.ac.uk trackmaster tapes available.
In article <2msmre$ac...@news.utdallas.edu>, koe...@utdallas.edu (Chris D Koeberle) writes: > Nope. Same as unix. This will not only destroy the contents of nob.txt, > but it will confuse the user for a few seconds... Because more accepts > input from the terminal if you don't feed it anything... So you type > this in, hit enter, and get a cursor... You wait a minute, think, 'this > is taking a damned long time to load,' eventually you hit a key, and feel > dumb. :) Hey, sorry. (But - It'd serve the moron right.) __ __ __ _/ |_____________ ____ | | __ _____ _____ _______/ |_ ___________ \ __\_ __ \__ \ _/ ___\| |/ // \\__ \ / ___/\ __\/ __ \_ __ \ | | | | \// __ \\ \___| <| Y Y \/ __ \_\___ \ | | \ ___/| | \/ |__| |__| (____ /\___ >__|_ \__|_| (____ /____ > |__| \___ >__| \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ mar...@zippy.dct.ac.uk trackmaster tapes available.
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