Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without

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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 02:07 this Saturday (GMT):
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:20:08 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
>
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:45 this Thursday (GMT):
>>>
>>> The “find” command has the ability to execute external commands.
>>> Those can produce output on their own, and/or their success/failure
>>> exit status can be used as a filter on matching files.
>>
>> To be fair, "find" can be a bit of a rabbithole to learn.
>
> The term for that is “deep” software: it doesn’t scare you with a
> whole lot of complexity up front. Instead, it offers some initial
> features that aren’t that hard to use, but the more you dig beneath
> the surface, the more capabilities you find. This is why it’s good
> that the man page is always handy: you can keep going back to it and
> discovering new things as you need them.


Well yeah, but the "basic" usage still requires a few switches, and its
not outlined in examples. I'm not surprised those "important linux
commands" lists were too lazy to provide that info.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-16 00:20 +0000
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-16 02:07 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-08-19 13:40 +0000
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-16 09:47 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-16 17:04 +0000
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 00:45 +0000
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-17 07:20 +0000
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-08-17 07:18 +0000
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:28 +0200
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 00:59 +0000
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 12:32 +0200
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:21 +0000
          Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 02:29 +0200
            Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-21 01:29 +0000
              Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 12:46 +0200

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