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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>
>> How long have you been working with *nix shells?
>
> A long time.  [...]

My answer is not very long;  less than 50 years.