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Yeah, like a language. However if I ommit a commmmma or mispel or abbreviate smth you'll still be able to understand me. A computer on the other hand...
by macando 5y ago
Yeah, like a language. However if I ommit a commmmma or mispel or abbreviate smth you'll still be able to understand me. A computer on the other hand...
- hnjst 5y agoThankfully while computers are indeed picky about typos, they also gladly guess, complete and validate what you're trying to tell them if you ask politely (a.k.a. banging repeatedly on the tab key).
- oblio 5y agoIf someone was nice enough to provide that autocompletion for your favorite commands, because Unix commands don't have any kind of introspection.
- hnjst 5y agoYour shell probably does though, at least for files and commands. Some like ZSH even have completions for common commands readily available, accept external completion plugins and let you write your own as a last resort.
- opan 5y agoVery easy to click the wrong thing in a GUI, It can be rather punishing. Keep in mind the buttons are like preconfigured CLI commands, so things can be more catastrophic.