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I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming.

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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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      @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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        @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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          @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

                yokofakun@genomic.socialY This user is from outside of this forum
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                @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?'

                  havehope@mastodon.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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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

                    karlpettersson@mastodon.nuK This user is from outside of this forum
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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

                      1div0@mastodon.social1 This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #33

                      @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?'

                        marco@mastodon.skup.inM This user is from outside of this forum
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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

                          marco@mastodon.skup.inM This user is from outside of this forum
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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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                                #38

                                @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

                                  hakona@im.alstadheim.noH This user is from outside of this forum
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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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                                        #42

                                        @marco @kamstrup Keystrokes are expensive.

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                                          @eseilt @kamstrup awk-ward

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