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Re:Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than a Hadoop Clust... by throwaway5752 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:16AM (#17141500)
'man' is probably the most indispensable.
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Re:Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than a Hadoop Clust... by jonhendry18 on Sunday May 27, 2018 @02:47AM (#17165810)
I find 'apropos' pretty indispensable, because it lets you find the thing that does the thing you need, so you can read its man page.
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Re:Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than a Hadoop Clust... by commandlinefan on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:41AM (#17144404)
That sounds interesting. Is it documented anywhere?
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Re:Command-line Tools can be 235x Faster than a Hadoop Clust... by throwaway5752 on Thursday May 24, 2018 @11:01AM (#17144645)
No, it's something neckbeards pass along to junior sysadmins, and it's hidden very deep in /dev/null.
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