-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/12/2014 10:11 PM, Brian Wall wrote: >> I tried to explain to him that that's short for 'concatenate', >> and that it can do a hell of a lot more than his precious 'TYPE' >> on VMS, but nooooooooooooo...) > > Just point out how much more you can get done in that extra 25% of > your day you got back because your command is three letters rather > than four. I often think the notion that small productivity gains multiply is lost on people these days. Sure, alias'ing `ls -la` to 'l` only saves 6 keystrokes, but if I don't type those 6 keystrokes 10 thousand times a year, that adds up to real time savings. l -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTITNVAAoJELWzpBXk2k3w7yUH/00kfkbosSD9kxON68lK15wq 3DbBktDp83MlUe415Fz+/6pBvmTxakbZylfswTPIlholbjYLbT2O7BvMFS+qYO/B ZDM+RQICpmS0bmBWwxxGqGv57kFqOBj/EDEi8ma0l4Io9v3C+LRO+Mq0m+3NHvCK LB8sSmWeOOg5O+xeAwmX9iNMWPXeLjm/jiKJlegEoaeemaHcHIGEDJKqQjGBklI1 kZni10C2PCTW5MkKOcP64Io6h7WJjc+/EnFbiFgu/zgiTjM+xMW7Ffo+HDYYJf+n WMS3UvMVpBQDZ3CE9dG6OZn0duJB/zT4svdW1VnYY7D7BL/7X/yldB17pFg5SfU= =9KIV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----