believe in sed - wrong word, not wildcard, but placeholder - alan
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Pall Thayer wrote: > I have to admit that I would like to suggest, although it isn't stated, that > any system that doesn't have the oft-referred-to Unix translatable terminal > isn't worth discussion (i.e. Windows x.x or whatever they're calling it > these days). > > I'm curious, in what system is "." a wildcard? > > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > this is sort of true, but then there are so many terminal > programs as well > - I tend to use default bash, and have access to it directly on > linux, > also thru cygwin, and use to apps on Android to get under the > gui - and > yes, . is a location as well as a wildcard sometimes! > > On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Pall Thayer wrote: > > > If you don't know your terminal, you don't know your computer. > It knows you. > > > > Graphical user interfaces are not meant to ease your > interaction with your > > computer, they're intended to guide your use of your computer. > > > > The terminal is your friend. > > > > Using the terminal is like stroking the surface of an orange > with your > > finger. Using GUI software is like doing the same but with a 1 > mm film of > > plastic between your finger and the orange. > > > > Smoking a pipe should sound like an absurd concept. > > > > "." is a location. > > > > Where are you? (if you don't know... you don't know your > computer, it knows > > you. Open the terminal and type "pwd". It will tell you where > you are. > > Wouldn't it feel better if you knew before your computer?) > > > > -- > > ***************************** > > Pall Thayer > > artist > > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > > ***************************** > > > > > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/se.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > -- > ***************************** > Pall Thayer > artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > ***************************** > > == email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 347-383-8552 music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ current text http://www.alansondheim.org/se.txt == _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
