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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

    dean36963@mastodon.greenD This user is from outside of this forum
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    @kamstrup or dd if you want to destroy a disk

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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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        @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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          #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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            @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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              #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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                @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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                  @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.

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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.

                          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.

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

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