Board:   [DoveNet] Unix/Linux
Subject: Re: What is UNIX? (was: H
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:42

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-=> Dumas Walker wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

 DW> I also didn't realize they had BASH shells and *nix commands for DOS
 DW> back then.

 They were pretty limited; the shells were more for making people feel
 comfortable that used shellselsewhere, I don't think they supported
 scripting 100%. The command line utilities were the basics like tee,cat
 diff, grep, tail, ls...

 DW> Luckily, there were a few places in the 1990s where one could get a job
 DW> with a related degree and then getOTJ training.  That is where I
 DW> learned most of what I know and used professionally.

 My first "real" IT job, I was hired to do billing reconciliation of
 call accounting records - basically all Excel. I somehow was then
 allowed to do moves, adds and changes on the phone system, then
 managing a Novell network and a dial-up wide area network very similar
 to Fidonet. I learned all I needed from books and playing around with
 spare equipment (and a supportive mentor).




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