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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by vhodges on Sunday October 20, 2024 @09:36AM (#41895286)
From: https://devrant.com/rants/1101391/my-daily-unix-command-list...

unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep.

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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by JKCalhoun on Sunday October 20, 2024 @09:43AM (#41895320)
yum
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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by oefrha on Sunday October 20, 2024 @01:02PM (#41896793)
Except you shouldn’t fsck while mounted.
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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by toast0 on Sunday October 20, 2024 @06:16PM (#41898944)
Works fine in FreeBSD/ufs :p
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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by Uehreka on Sunday October 20, 2024 @01:39PM (#41897058)
> unzip; strip; touch; finger; mount; fsck; more; yes; unmount; sleep.

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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by __MatrixMan__ on Sunday October 20, 2024 @05:01PM (#41898420)
This is a weird thread to happen upon when my other monitor has variables named sexp.
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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by prepend on Sunday October 20, 2024 @05:30PM (#41898639)
Tail/head

It’s almost like these commands were all made by nerd teenage boys.

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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by p_l on Monday October 21, 2024 @05:51AM (#41902408)
or rather nerd teenagers finding a way to joke on terms that didn't relate to sex until they thought of it and started spreading.
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Re:Origin of 'Daemon' in Computing by danielheath on Sunday October 20, 2024 @10:57PM (#41900295)
Device is not ready
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