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Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?Q?I=E2=80=99m?= A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I =?UTF-8?Q?Can=E2=80=99t?= 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.
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