[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

[general_email at technicalbloke.com]

John Hearns wrote:
> 2009/5/16 general_email at technicalbloke.com
>   
>> Well it's not the 80s anymore and I'd far rather use a gui if one were
>> available. I mean, it's perfectly possible to manage all the files on
>> your system from the command line but, call me a heretic, I'd rather use
>> Nautilus or Thunar if it's at all practical.
>>     
>
> Roger,
> It is not only perfectly possible to manage all the files on your
> system using the command line, it is indispensable.
>
> For example, find all the directories in a filesystem containing the
> characters "42a".
> This is a multi-terabyte filesystem, containing thousands of files.
> I had to do this at work this morning.
>   
Hence my qualification "if it's at all practical.". I would prefer not
to have to.

Roger
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