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(Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks?

Posted by timothy on from the sed-is-underrated dept.

So the other day I messaged another admin from the console using the regular old 'write' command (as I've been doing for over 10 years). To my surprise he didn't know how to respond back to me (he had to call me on the phone) and had never even known you could do that. That got me thinking that there's probably lots of things like that, and likely things I've never heard of. What sorts of things do you take for granted as a natural part of Unix that other people are surprised at?

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  1. Re:10! by Pvt_Ryan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Think you got that wrong... it's: There are 10 kinds of UNIX admins... - those who can count - and those who can't (For those that fail to get the joke, 10 in Binary is 2)

  2. Re:10! by paulatz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You've been found guilty of telling an old joke wrong and than explaining it pedantically. The jury is unanimous: the sentence is death.

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    this post contain no useful information, no need to mod it down