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I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming.

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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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    @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

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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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        @kamstrup Ed is the standard text editor.

        403 Forbidden

        favicon

        (www.gnu.org)

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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.

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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

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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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                #29

                @kamstrup Or shred to shred datas.

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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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                  #30

                  @kamstrup and 'paste', if you want to paste a file .

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                  • khleedril@cyberplace.socialK khleedril@cyberplace.social

                    @kamstrup sudo make me a sandwich (why didn't they call it 'please?'

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                    @khleedril @kamstrup super user do, or do as

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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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                      @kamstrup In Swedish, “grep” is a garden fork, used to dig into soil. One could see some connection there. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep

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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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                        @kamstrup Biggest issue in the UNIX® design is to find the approprate icon for grep.

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                        • khleedril@cyberplace.socialK khleedril@cyberplace.social

                          @kamstrup sudo make me a sandwich (why didn't they call it 'please?'

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                          @khleedril @kamstrup I just made an alias for sudo

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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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                            @kamstrup Or 'mount' to mount a disk and 'umount' for umounting a disk

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                            • annehargreaves@ioc.exchangeA annehargreaves@ioc.exchange

                              @kamstrup or there are 2 where the name mirrors each-other like adduser useradd just for lols

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                              @annehargreaves @kamstrup Yes, but adduser and useradd came from different parallel universe dialects of unix, it's just that we live in a multiverse that supports crossovers and team-ups

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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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                                @kamstrup Those are only two examples. but there is sudo, ls, touch, cat and more obscure names like that.

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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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                                  @kamstrup
                                  And 'ed' if you want to end up hurling your computer out a window!

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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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                                    @kamstrup All well and good.
                                    Now do MS-DOS "find" and "type" vs unix.
                                    Then twist into the EFI shell, ...

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                                    • lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.placeL lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place

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

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                                      @lisyarus @jmorahan @kamstrup I'm just saying, there is a splain command and it has a man page.

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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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                                        #41

                                        @kamstrup
                                        And sl if you happen to urgently need a steam locomotive in your life!

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                                        • marco@mastodon.skup.inM marco@mastodon.skup.in

                                          @kamstrup Or 'mount' to mount a disk and 'umount' for umounting a disk

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                                          @marco @kamstrup Keystrokes are expensive.

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