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Command level software tools

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The V6 UNIX command language, shell, has weak looping constructs and no apparent interactive capability. We show how to exploit the existing weak loop constructs in shell to provide more powerful facilities. Further, we show how to interact with shell programs from the terminal.

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  1. {MARCA82} Marca, D., "A Repetition Construct for UNIX V6", SIGPLAN Notices, 17--9 (1982) 72--5. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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    cover image ACM SIGPLAN Notices
    ACM SIGPLAN Notices  Volume 18, Issue 11
    November 1983
    40 pages
    ISSN:0362-1340
    EISSN:1558-1160
    DOI:10.1145/988186
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    Association for Computing Machinery

    New York, NY, United States

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