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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

    heals@indiepocalypse.socialH This user is from outside of this forum
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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
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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
        wariat@mastodon.socialW This user is from outside of this forum
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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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          @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.

            tomminieminen@mastodontti.fiT This user is from outside of this forum
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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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                @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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                  #26

                  @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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                          #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?'

                            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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                              #32

                              @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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                                @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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                                  #34

                                  @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

                                      cstross@wandering.shopC This user is from outside of this forum
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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

                                      barubary@infosec.exchangeB imsop@tech.lgbtI annehargreaves@ioc.exchangeA 3 Replies Last reply
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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

                                        menelion@dragonscave.spaceM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        #37

                                        @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

                                          oggie@woof.groupO This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          @kamstrup
                                          And 'ed' if you want to end up hurling your computer out a window!

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