Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze?

David Brodbeck brodbd at uw.edu
Mon Jul 16 22:16:08 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dave Hayes <dave at jetcafe.org> wrote:
> Why not create a command wtf(1)?
>
> When you type it, it detects the shell you are using, looks at the last
> command you typed, and provides all sorts of arbitrarily verbose and usable
> documentation and suggestions as to what that command might have done, what
> the verbatim command will do, and where you can find more information.

I suspect you meant this as a sarcastic suggestion, but I actually
like it.  It reminds me of AmigaDOS's "why" command, which would give
a detailed explanation of why the previous command failed.

-- 
David Brodbeck
System Administrator, Linguistics
University of Washington


More information about the freebsd-hackers mailing list