Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The First 8 Commands Every New User Should Learn Date: 9 Nov 2025 05:34:35 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <10egfns$mkr3$1@dont-email.me> <10ekkb3$1pge1$7@dont-email.me> <10eolme$2u36i$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ry/ivDSIL6nEuYSXKLm8TwY8N+AUThNwb5NJ73Dw0Pmk/LLpqF Cancel-Lock: sha1:8o8PuUe8ww8+Xd165YuqOOigVDs= sha256:yNa6M2j3/O8gxBKMJUYHkzT8Yzv37n2kR+al2uPSpFo= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:77158 On Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:02:21 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote: > On 2025-11-08, Diego Garcia wrote: > > >> A fundamental command is "grep" and to effectively wield it one must >> understand regular expressions which are examples of a finite-state >> automaton. >> >> Yet the article cited in the OP was directed at an audience that likely >> cannot even understand the concept of a "file." > > grep, btw, comes from what's another useful utility to tell newcomers > about: ed > > In fact, that tidbit might be interesting if the newcomer is in any way > interested in computing history. Or if they're curious about things in > general. If they're lucky 'info ed' works. Ubuntu has both. Endeavour has info but no ed although 'man ed' works, Fedora and Raspberry Pi OS have ed and no info. If they live through ed they can move on to sed and awk (mawk).