Re: /dev/one - why not /dev/repeat?

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Lars_Marowsky-Br=E9e?= (lmb@pointer.teuto.de)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 23:52:40 +0100

On 1998-12-22T21:58:53,
thunder7@xs4all.nl said:

> Are there advantages in having something like /dev/repeat?

I suggest we implement a /dev/calculator, so everyone who needs to solve an
equation can do it just by using cat/echo:

echo 2+3*4 >/dev/calculator
cat /dev/calculator
14

Maybe we could make it understand RPN!

Sincerely,
Lars Marowsky-Brée

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Network Management


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