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This seems really neat, but I'm struggling to think of what I would use it for
by jbhouse 5y ago
This seems really neat, but I'm struggling to think of what I would use it for
- timonoko 5y agoSpace and time saving measure. Instead of hundreds of programs you have one "box", which can do it all. Program names are the same but they all point to this box. The box reads the original command line and acts accordingly. If the line starts with "cat" it acts like a cat. If it starts with "cut" it acts like a cut.
- Nursie 5y agoSmall footprint basic system utils, good for constrained systems and early boot, basically. Where utilities themselves are very small, it avoids executable 'boilerplate' that would take up space.
- pmarin 5y agoCustom embedded Linux systems without GPL code in user space.