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		webreac on Sept 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unix Commands I Wish I’d Discovered Years Earlier GNU tar has evolved and can use simpler syntax: % tar cp -C /foo . \| ssh bar tar xp -C /baz

jfb on Sept 11, 2013 [–]

It would be an interesting project to look at people's shell usage and try to determine when they started using Unix. I have loads of Irixisms that have only recently been crowded out of my head by Darwin BSDism.

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