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  • Why is the tip command named "tip"?

    From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 11 21:04:53 2020
    Does anyone know why the tip command is named "tip"?

    Is it in reference to something? Is it from largely forgotten / less
    commonly known legacy?



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  • From Keith Thompson@21:1/5 to Grant Taylor on Mon May 11 21:35:14 2020
    Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes:
    Does anyone know why the tip command is named "tip"?

    Is it in reference to something? Is it from largely forgotten / less commonly known legacy?

    terminal interface program

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/src/usr.bin/tip/tip.h

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  • From Grant Taylor@21:1/5 to Keith Thompson on Tue May 12 18:04:47 2020
    On 5/11/20 10:35 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
    terminal interface program

    Thank you Keith.

    That makes perfect sense.



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