Building apps in minutes, not months

Re:Building apps in minutes, not months by gerdesj on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:24PM (#28571077)

It may not be for you but if you are going to take the piss, please at least give an example that does not generate a syntax error:

  ls | grep

grep needs input and something to tell it what to do with the input.

I think Cult is a little harsh but it is handy to simply chain stuff together to quickly get something done. Along with the nominal concept of it's all files you can get an awful lot done in a shell with minimal effort.

Anything non trivial should get the full awk and sed treatment. The sort of system that has the GNU etc toolset available normally has python and perl available out of the box and probably php and a few more too - tools for the job. I also have something called pwsh that I dabble with - handy for fettling with VMware via Power CLI.

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Re:Building apps in minutes, not months by eyelidlessness on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:13PM (#28571944)

> It may not be for you but if you are going to take the piss, please at least give an example that does not generate a syntax error

I mean this kindly, as a person who struggles to infer implied details in a lot of circumstances: I think the quoted code was intended as shorthand, e.g.

    ls ... | grep ...

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Re:Building apps in minutes, not months by fouric on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @11:57AM (#28606381)

That's exactly it. I've been running Linux as my desktop operating system for over a decade and know how to use grep - I just opted for shorthand (or may have underclocked some brain cells - I was in a hurry).

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Re:Building apps in minutes, not months by gerdesj on Saturday September 18, 2021 @08:48PM (#28580706)

I know but I think I touched a nerve 8)

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Re:Building apps in minutes, not months by eyelidlessness on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:45PM (#28581271)

Gross

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