2026-05-03 08:54 UTC
@kamstrup@fosstodon.org On a totally unrelated matter, I love it that in Apple II, `cat` listed files, while in Un*x it echoes their contents.
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@tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi 2026-05-03 08:55
@kamstrup@fosstodon.org I mean… Cats, right? Causing havoc everywhere they go!
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@__d@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 11:32
@tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi @kamstrup@fosstodon.org catalog vs catenate. The perils of abbreviation (not something UNIX is afraid of).
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@liamoc@types.pl 2026-05-04 00:35
@tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi @kamstrup@fosstodon.org cat in the a2 was "catalog" whereas cat in unix is "(con)cat(enate)"