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Re:Show HN: Notational `ls` - Never get lost in code again (... by drivebyacct2 on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @01:31AM (#2964289)
Usually `-v` is used to increase verbosity in traditional unix applications (ls, mv, cp, etc). Or maybe I'm missing your point.
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Re:Show HN: Notational `ls` - Never get lost in code again (... by wisty on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @01:59AM (#2964352)
Corrected - "increase" -> "control".

My point is, UNIX tools are designed to be easy to use by the expert (easy to chain), but hard for beginners (not chatty).

There's also a lot of neglect towards giving users useful feedback, because feedback just doesn't happen by default, so why improve it?

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