[GRLUG] bad commands

[Bob Kline]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 3/11/2010 2:57 PM, Bob Kline wrote:
>
> I have hundreds.  Each time I
> start a new project I usually end
> of making several aliases related
> to it.
>
>  Not all are in play at any given
> time of course, and the shell
> history can often do just as well.
>
>      -- Bob
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM, <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:35 PM,  <topher at t1kdevelopment.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I deleted JT's post before my reply came to mind, so pretend this is a
>>> reply to his.
>>>
>>> Are there any commands you type incorrectly so often that you make an
>>> alias for it?
>>>
>>
>>  rmrf/? :P
>>
>> --
>> :wq
>>
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>  The only drawback to aliases, is, just liek speed dial.  You forget the
> real syntax.  I have forgetten how to validate my icinga config manually,
> because I've used an alias since day 2-3.  Bash history would get me the
> same thing without rotting my brain.
>
>
Alas, most of us will probably
forget complicated syntax anyway.
Shell history and aliases are a useful
solution to this in many cases,
and one can check the alias now
and then to do a memory refresh if
there is any real need to.  As in, how
many times do you convince yourself,
while caught up in a project, that you
will remember certain details months
down the road, and then realise the
obvious:  you don't.  I figure that in
about six months one forgets 50% or
more of unused details,  just like
everything else in life.

Unless you're one of those very few
that has an eidetic memory.

    -- Bob
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