19 Dec
2011
19 Dec
'11
9:52 a.m.
On 12/19/2011 6:08 AM, David Riley wrote:
That's why Unix commands are mostly two characters; it's either
to minimize the possibility of a typo, or maximize the fun when you make one (for example,
when I'm off by one, "fg" becomes "df", which is fairly innocuous,
but one could feasibly accidentally do an "rm" or something by mistake).
If every command was as short as possible it would maximize the
possibility of a typo actually having unintended behavior (rather than
"a 'not found' error). Sounds great to me!
- Josh
(Yes I
know Unix gurus never make typos, it's purely hypothetical.)
Har. Anyone who
thinks Unix gurus never make typos is clearly not a
Unix guru.