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the ter(ule)minal is immortal (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by smooth_jazz_warlady@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 29 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

visual indicators are not tied to language, which is constantly in flux.

Core Unix commands have not changed since the 70s my guy. The syntax of modern ls, tar etc are still 1:1 compatible with versions that predate the invention of the concept of a GUI. Go 10 years back in GUI design back to 2014 and see how similar things are to today.

The one exception to this is Powershell, which has the core Unix command names as aliases to the equivalent Powershell commands without any attempt to convert the flags between them. Microsoft really desperately wants to convert *nix programmers and sysadmins back to Windows, and they're failing spectacularly because no one wants to use a shell where ls -l throws an error.

bash and *nix commands are an absolute immemorable mess.

that sounds like a skill issue.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 7 points 7 months ago

i am speaking in the very long term, hundreds to thousands of years. this was a joke/facetious response to a joke/overdramatic meme. sorry that wasn’t immediately obvious lol

[-] bobotron@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war and power shell

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 7 months ago

"grep" is an English verb, change my mind.

Yeah I can never remember the syntax for a few commands, but surprise, those are the commands I don't use often. And the command line being standardized means that using a shell on a Mac (work) feels... basically the same as using one on my Linux home servers.