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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by Pete_D on Thursday December 05, 2019 @01:54PM (#21715112)
If MS-DOS had enjoyed as much developer attention as the *nix command line experience has over the past couple of decades, that might not be so bad a prospect.
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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by gowld on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:43PM (#21716257)
Couple? You mean 4?
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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by liability on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:55PM (#21717034)
'Couple' is a word that in some contexts means two specifically, but in other (informal) contexts means a small number. Generally when somebody describes three or four things as a "couple", they're being informal and a correction isn't warranted.
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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by imihai1988 on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:04AM (#21720200)
”but in other (informal) contexts means a small number"

Isn't there a word for that ? I'm thinking of "several". That is what I learned in school (not a native english speaker )

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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by OrderlyTiamat on Friday December 06, 2019 @08:19AM (#21721503)
Both "several" and "couple" are applicable. "A handful" or "some" have the same connotation generally, and I'm sure there are many others.
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Re:Command Line Tools to Break Your Dependence on the GUI by pjmlp on Thursday December 05, 2019 @05:20PM (#21717277)
Except, we actually don't mind, because we have a proper GUI experience and don't need to use the shell for basic stuff.
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