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Lars Wirzenius
Sat, 07 May 2022 09:29:16 +0200
Wrote in my blog about Unix command line conventions over time.
https://blog.liw.fi/posts/2022/05/07/unix-cli/
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Harald Eilertsen
Sat, 07 May 2022 10:19:30 +0200
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Lars Wirzenius
None of this explains dd.
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~ashwinvis
Sun, 08 May 2022 08:08:10 +0200
@liw
Very amusing read. It takes a hustory lesson to realize how much complexity one has absorbed and how confusing it can be to a beginner.
Some things which were not mentioned in your article:
1. The convention of using a single hyphen -. It emphasizes that it expects data from standard input.
2. The modern madness of commands with 3 to 4 levels of subcommands. Yes, I am looking at you, container tech. kubectl, gcloud and what not
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