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So it is like the edge trigger functionality of a Digital Storage Oscilloscope for pipes? I can think of more than a handful of times this would have become han

So it is like the edge trigger functionality of a Digital Storage Oscilloscope for pipes? I can think of more than a handful of times this would have become handy but also seems like a very unlikely tool that I find myself reaching, especially due to the complicated usage.

marto1 4y ago
> especially due to the complicated usage. Said he while using find, dd, rsync, tar and others every day. But in all seriousness new cmd tools should be given a chance, it sometimes feels like people believe posix tools were perfected in the 80s and further development makes no sense.
kazinator 4y ago
But in actual fact, it is very easy to use. You might not get that from the video because it's inspired by Vi: commands are not echoed, other than colon commands and search patterns. So in the video you don't always know what is going on: did the display change because of a command you don't see or was it spontaneous? That is all painfully obvious if you're in the driver's seat.