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| From | Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without |
| Date | 2025-08-14 00:45 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <107j83e$5993$3@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <107gp14$3ko4l$1@dont-email.me> <107i1s5$3sv2e$3@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-08-13, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code: > >> <https://www.zdnet.com/article/im-a-linux-expert-and-here-are-6-commands-i-cant-live-without/> >> >> What’s an obvious omission from his list? To me, it’s the “find” >> command. I have millions of files on my main machine (quite literally, >> I would say), and it is the most convenient and powerful way of >> finding something I might have worked on years ago, and mostly >> forgotten about since then. >> >> (Which is a lot of things.) > > I use the cdb command from the cdargs package alla time. > > And a lotta other command-line commands mapped to keystrokes. > > But enough about me. (Didn't we have a similar thread a few months ago? Possibly based on [1]?) Anyway, here go a few: - emacs (but this one is going to be quite subjective) - tar from BSD (I still haven't memorized the syntax for all the non-tar utilities) - ed and sed - units (especially useful when someone or some source mentions tempF temperature values, I'm still only acquainted with tempC) [1] https://www.zdnet.com/article/5-fun-linux-commands-you-should-try-at-least-once/ -- Nuno Silva
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