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What's Your Command Line Judo?

Posted by Cliff on from the |-ownz0r dept.

lousyd asks: "We all have our CLI amor. That two- or three-letter command that fiddles our heartstrings. 'mv' is pedestrian, but 'mmv' is so cool. 'cp' can lug bits around all day to no applause, but 'cpio' will excite even the most jaded of command line linguists. 'How perfect!' you exclaim. So what's your poison? What turns you on? What little known command performs just the right function for you?"

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  1. Re:xargs and for loops by Dadoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Umm, no, xargs is STUPID.

    See my comment about it, above.

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