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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. Why the name of the file I want to do something by hackwrench · · Score: 0, Redundant

    with of course! What you can't type a filename on your shell and have the most likely program you want to use it pop up? Reeks to be you!