TI-H: Alphabet

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Subject: TI-H: Alphabet
From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 20:31:44 -0900
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         THE ABC'S OF UNIX

    A is for Awk, which runs like a snail, and
    B is for Biff, which reads all your mail.

    C is for CC, as hackers recall, while
    D is for DD, the command that does all.

    E is for Emacs, which rebinds your keys, and
    F is for Fsck, which rebuilds your trees.

    G is for Grep, a clever detective, while
    H is for Halt, which may seem defective.

    I is for Indent, which rarely amuses, and
    J is for Join, which nobody uses.

    K is for Kill, which makes you the boss, while
    L is for Lex, which is missing from DOS.

    M is for More, from which Less was begot, and
    N is for Nice, which it really is not.

    O is for Od, which prints out things nice, while
    P is for Passwd, which reads in strings twice.

    Q is for Quota, a Berkeley-type fable, and
    R is for Ranlib, for sorting ar [sic] table.

    S is for Spell, which attempts to belittle, while
    T is for True, which does very little.

    U is for Uniq, which is used after Sort, and
    V is for Vi, which is hard to abort.

    W is for Whoami, which tells you your name, while
    X is, well, X, of dubious fame.

    Y is for Yes, which makes an impression, and
    Z is for Zcat, which handles compression.