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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by alchemist1e9 on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:50AM (#38655931)
Ironically I’m studying all the oldest of oldest UNIX utilities that can work well over a pure teletype style terminal, think a LA34 DECwriter IV. No ncurses, no TUI. only line feeds and also ink is scarce.

Why? Because we have a new friend in the house who effectively has to interact with the outside world via teletype terminal.

The LLMs!

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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by bodyfour on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:53AM (#38655959)
A great point, but even over a teletype you'd use "ex", not "ed".
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Re:Ed(1) mastery is a must for a real Unix person by alchemist1e9 on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:57AM (#38656003)
Totally true! Thank you for reminding me of ex.
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