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Cut is not encoding aware... not all Linux distribution have encoding aware grep, and even then you'd need to tell them which encoding to use in many cases. An
by KirinDave 10y ago
Cut is not encoding aware... not all Linux distribution have encoding aware grep, and even then you'd need to tell them which encoding to use in many cases.
And I don't mean to say any one tool is free of version conflicts, but relying on many tools means relying on many versions. Reducing your total dependency graph is a lesson many language environments have taken from the mess of Java and C++.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoWell, considering that the primary function of a shell is to run programs, reducing your depgraph isn't what you want.
- KirinDave 10y ago> considering that the primary function of a shell is to run programs The instant we start talking about automation then the repeatability of your automation has to be considered. The shell is arguably an environment for interactive programming as much as it is a shorthand for program invocation.