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Re:Unix's special way of marking login shells goes back to V... by Maken on Sunday December 11, 2022 @10:49AM (#33944140)
You just need to think about your Unix shell as a legacy system.
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Re:Unix's special way of marking login shells goes back to V... by Kamq on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:28PM (#33945853)
It absolutely is a legacy system (one of the ultimate ones).

The problem is, all of the replacements since then have been worse.

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Re:Unix's special way of marking login shells goes back to V... by khiqxj on Monday December 12, 2022 @02:02PM (#33958704)
true
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