Re:First Edition Unix Manual 'Miscellaneous' Section (1971) ...
by blackhaz on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @07:12AM
(#28455454)
Install FreeBSD, tabs(1) is still a thing! It's interesting that FreeBSD man says "A tabs utility appeared in PWB UNIX," while Wiki refers PWB/UNIX as having its initial release in 1977.
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Re:First Edition Unix Manual 'Miscellaneous' Section (1971) ...
by bsdimp on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @03:02PM
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PWB Unix was the earliest sources I could find. FreeBSD lists history items for releases going back to the earliest unix release because BSD Unix is derived from AT&T Research Unix and FreeBSD is derived from 4.4BSD...
The tabs file does predate this, and I'll make a note of that (which is what this article is about).