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I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming.

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  • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

    I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

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    fatoldhippy@infosec.exchange
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    @kamstrup awk, obviously...

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    • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

      I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

      amorpheus@kind.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
      amorpheus@kind.socialA This user is from outside of this forum
      amorpheus@kind.social
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      @kamstrup True... just like awk for awkward.

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      • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

        I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

        skjeggtroll@mastodon.onlineS This user is from outside of this forum
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        skjeggtroll@mastodon.online
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        #12

        @kamstrup

        And 'less' for when you need a little more more than more.

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        • brouhaha@mastodon.socialB brouhaha@mastodon.social

          @kamstrup
          Yep! You can't grep dead trees.

          aud@fire.asta.lgbtA This user is from outside of this forum
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          aud@fire.asta.lgbt
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          @brouhaha@mastodon.social @kamstrup@fosstodon.org grep, short for "grepular expressions",

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          • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

            I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

            dean36963@mastodon.greenD This user is from outside of this forum
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            dean36963@mastodon.green
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            #14

            @kamstrup or dd if you want to destroy a disk

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            • flamecat@bark.lgbtF This user is from outside of this forum
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              flamecat@bark.lgbt
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              @nschultz @kamstrup If the naming would be accurate, then cat would drop a file off a counter.

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              • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                nske@ravenation.clubN This user is from outside of this forum
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                nske@ravenation.club
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                @kamstrup Then you can use nano to nano the file.

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                • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                  I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                  jmorahan@mastodon.ieJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                  jmorahan@mastodon.ie
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                  #17

                  @kamstrup or 'man' if you want something explained to you

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                  • jmorahan@mastodon.ieJ jmorahan@mastodon.ie

                    @kamstrup or 'man' if you want something explained to you

                    lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.placeL This user is from outside of this forum
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                    lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place
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                    #18

                    @jmorahan @kamstrup Yep, that's why they call it mansplaining

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                    • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                      I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                      heals@indiepocalypse.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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                      heals@indiepocalypse.social
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                      #19

                      @kamstrup or “ag”, “hx” and “awk” if you just wanted to stretch and yawn into your terminal

                      @aeva

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                      • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                        I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                        dsw@mastodontech.deD This user is from outside of this forum
                        dsw@mastodontech.deD This user is from outside of this forum
                        dsw@mastodontech.de
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                        #20

                        @kamstrup
                        Actually, you can also use them to tell a short story like:
                        unzip | strip | touch | finger | grep | mount | fsck | unmount | sleep

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                        • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                          I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                          wariat@mastodon.socialW This user is from outside of this forum
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                          wariat@mastodon.social
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                          #21

                          @kamstrup
                          Or for more complex example…
                          cat something | wc
                          if you want to wc something what cat sent trough the pipe.

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                          • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                            I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                            tomminieminen@mastodontti.fiT This user is from outside of this forum
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                            tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi
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                            @kamstrup On a totally unrelated matter, I love it that in Apple II, `cat` listed files, while in Un*x it echoes their contents.

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                            • tomminieminen@mastodontti.fiT tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi

                              @kamstrup On a totally unrelated matter, I love it that in Apple II, `cat` listed files, while in Un*x it echoes their contents.

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                              tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi
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                              @kamstrup I mean… Cats, right? Causing havoc everywhere they go!

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                              • dsw@mastodontech.deD dsw@mastodontech.de

                                @kamstrup
                                Actually, you can also use them to tell a short story like:
                                unzip | strip | touch | finger | grep | mount | fsck | unmount | sleep

                                stiiin@infosec.spaceS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @dsw @kamstrup Even if this equivalent of locker room humour were funny, half of those commands aren't even in POSIX.

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                                • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                                  I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                                  ghouston@mamot.frG This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  ghouston@mamot.fr
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                                  @kamstrup Ed is the standard text editor.

                                  https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

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                                  • stiiin@infosec.spaceS stiiin@infosec.space

                                    @dsw @kamstrup Even if this equivalent of locker room humour were funny, half of those commands aren't even in POSIX.

                                    dsw@mastodontech.deD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    dsw@mastodontech.de
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                                    @stiiin @kamstrup luckily, everybody is free to have an own sense of humor 🤗

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                                    • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                                      I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                                      plombirka@mk.ilyamikcoder.comP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      plombirka@mk.ilyamikcoder.com
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                                      @kamstrup@fosstodon.org g/re(gex)/p

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                                      • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                                        I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                                        kithrup@wandering.shopK This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @kamstrup Bah, I remember gres you know.

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                                        • kamstrup@fosstodon.orgK kamstrup@fosstodon.org

                                          I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming. Like 'find' if you need to find a file, or 'grep' if you need to grep for a string

                                          dj4n90@mastodon.socialD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          dj4n90@mastodon.social
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                                          @kamstrup Or shred to shred datas.

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