From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E0623F18 for ; Sat, 11 May 2024 11:31:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153CB43645; Sat, 11 May 2024 19:31:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from arjuna.pair.com (arjuna.pair.com [209.68.5.131]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B04D843644 for ; Sat, 11 May 2024 19:31:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from arjuna.pair.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arjuna.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C9258A591 for ; Sat, 11 May 2024 05:31:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (57.89.115.87.dyn.plus.net [87.115.89.57]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by arjuna.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 01F878A521 for ; Sat, 11 May 2024 05:31:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orac.inputplus.co.uk (orac.inputplus.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by orac.inputplus.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC94C215AA for ; Sat, 11 May 2024 10:31:07 +0100 (BST) From: Ralph Corderoy To: coff@tuhs.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-reply-to: References: Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 10:31:07 +0100 Message-Id: <20240511093107.EC94C215AA@orac.inputplus.co.uk> DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=inputplus.co.uk; h=from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id; s=pair-202402161033; bh=6P2FLQ2ZigEKa96XhBFoTXxH3BPco70976Z8fPjAsQs=; b=B+yhJ1aJzYkebZDCDWFb5IShbxhAiFC6cJ0bgT5OsJgW4AnzGL5uRwYKVltiENewqUJRiZ7Nh8r3H9Y1ftyPSILxoSWMUlK/mFVXPBZOI3bbAABh69FZ8OkSW5Mo4B+9JUnF367CIa0m5Vox3D1KpVPHWggOX7jcb497fEOuXDCW4q5HVVYwEtUYtfyBfZ+S72zeaDfpNW+SZ8TZ/ce9qZ/hURQJ6QxoFRaKLT+CaJe/JGqm1Br0jS/9u6mAv08DGCNIgGepU1pYW7hLNVtGf+6AOBL/c44uQIdEKP8mbkYLaEKCJfmhcexpRCvnHbTVHoi5Wg+D6kvJh9T7O5Ypvg== X-Scanned-By: mailmunge 3.11 on 209.68.5.131 Message-ID-Hash: RFAVPSLNH624ZHU7HK67JRA33OJNN4GM X-Message-ID-Hash: RFAVPSLNH624ZHU7HK67JRA33OJNN4GM X-MailFrom: ralph@inputplus.co.uk X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] Re: On Bloat and the Idea of Small Specialized Tools List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Hi Nevin, > the name "pr" doesn't really help me understand what it is for As typical of the early commands, it's readily mnemonic. PR(I) 3/20/74 PR(I) NAME pr - print file SYNOPSIS pr [-h header] [-n] [+n] [-wn] [-ln] [-t] [name...] > How does one discover it? Back then, by reading through the permuted index, turning the pages of the printed manual, word of mouth... By making effort to learn the profession's tools. > If I have a command and I want it to do something slightly different, > the first place I look is to see if there is a command line option for > that. I know how to discover that (either --help or the man pages). And a fine man page's SEE ALSO may help learn of new commands. -- Cheers, Ralph.