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I love how the Unix commands have such intuitive naming.

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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

                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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                  #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

                      barubary@infosec.exchangeB This user is from outside of this forum
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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

                        sweetshark@social.tchncs.deS This user is from outside of this forum
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                        @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

                          woe2you@beige.partyW This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @marco @kamstrup Keystrokes are expensive.

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                          • tubemeister@mstdn.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @eseilt @kamstrup awk-ward

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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

                              happyborg@fosstodon.orgH This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @kamstrup dd for delete data

                              Maybe it was to encourage us to RTFM?

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                              • kithrup@wandering.shopK kithrup@wandering.shop

                                @kamstrup Bah, I remember gres you know.

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                                @kithrup @kamstrup I never used pine. Because pine is not elm (which I did use before mutt)

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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

                                  js@mastodon.nlJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @kamstrup awk if need to get stuff from awkward data

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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

                                    js@mastodon.nlJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @kamstrup view to view a file, minus ew if you want to tidy it up a bit

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                                    • js@mastodon.nlJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @dwillanski @kamstrup … which chucks the fuzz. Nobrainer.

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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

                                        js@mastodon.nlJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @kamstrup man if you need some mansplainin

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                                          @nschultz @kamstrup cat is my goto tool for when a cat is about to walk on my keyboard, to soak up all the key presses

                                          That it can also be used to view a file is just feature bloat

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