alt Hacker NewsI'm pretty sure the ~ command style came from cu(1) which had it in at least 4.1BSD. I don't think rsh (which came in 4.2BSD) ever had such commands.
I'm pretty sure the ~ command style came from cu(1) which had it in at least 4.1BSD. I don't think rsh (which came in 4.2BSD) ever had such commands.
Whoops -- I meant rlogin. That had ~. and ~^Z. But you're right, rlogin got them from cu! (I'm not that old. :) )