Very Computer

1. /bin & /usr/bin Duplicate Executables

   My /bin and /usr/bin directories share the following executables:

        basename        csplit          expand          last
        cat             cut             expr            ln
        chgrp           date            false           logname
        chmod           dd              fdisk           nohup
        chown           df              fold            touch
        cmp             dirname         head            true
        comm            du              install         uptime
        cp              env             join            wall

Those in /bin are "68K Blit (standalone) executable" while those in /usr/bin
are "Linux/i386 executable," as reported by file(1).  Since I currently have a
single partition for both / and /usr, is there any reason to maintain two
copies of each of these programs?

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