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If you're a real Linux user, you can build such a system yourself quite trivially by combining xargs, sed and grep. You see, nodejs is the pumpkin spice latte o

If you're a real Linux user, you can build such a system yourself quite trivially by combining xargs, sed and grep. You see, nodejs is the pumpkin spice latte of languages. I, a sophisticate, insist upon the fine single malt whiskey of Perl, paired with a delectable shell script charcuterie. Anything less is the fare of unsophisticated lusers, who are often (purely coincidentally) women or other outgroups.

machinawhite 4y ago
A real Linux user can build their own xargs, sed and grep in an arbitrary environment, be it node, windows scripting host or the python interpreter in some washing machines firmware
acdha 4y ago
… and the subtle errors in my simple example were, of course, left as an exercise for the student so you’d learn how to fix them.
imtringued 4y ago
I once used cygwin to accidentally create files with binary data as their file name that couldn't be deleted in the windows file explorer. I wrote another cygwin program that deleted these files. The only difference between me and the author of this blog post is that I didn't upload my program to the internet where people could ridicule it for its simplicity.
jonnycomputer 4y ago
Was this supposed to be a command line tool used in a Linux environment, where grep, sed, etc. are already available? Doesn't excuse their behavior, not at all, but I can see exactly how that might provoke their derision. The mistake was quite worse than I thought. But it is foolish to be provoked by the foolishness or ignorance of others. They could have remained silent, or could have reached out constructively (e.g. by introducing them to those widely distributed set of really powerful command line tools). Or is there some JavaScript additional functionality that I'm missing?
- petepete 4y ago
  Even if sed and grep are available their weird syntax is enough to make people write modern replacements. I don't care if they're not 100% feature complete, the fact I can remember how to use them for my simple everday tasks (searching, finding/replacing across many files) without needing to consult a manpage or search online for answers is enough. I used grep daily for years and _still_ it didn't feel like it made sense. I remember reading about Ack (https://beyondgrep.com/ https://beyondgrep.com/) some time in 2009-2010 , installing it and switching over entirely within about five minutes. Modern sed: https://github.com/chmln/sd https://github.com/chmln/sd Modern grep: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
remram 4y ago
Node is not a Linux-only platform. It's easy to imagine reasons you might need this tool in your software project, that works on all the platforms your project does.

machinawhite 4y ago

A real Linux user can build their own xargs, sed and grep in an arbitrary environment, be it node, windows scripting host or the python interpreter in some washing machines firmware

acdha 4y ago

… and the subtle errors in my simple example were, of course, left as an exercise for the student so you’d learn how to fix them.

imtringued 4y ago

I once used cygwin to accidentally create files with binary data as their file name that couldn't be deleted in the windows file explorer. I wrote another cygwin program that deleted these files. The only difference between me and the author of this blog post is that I didn't upload my program to the internet where people could ridicule it for its simplicity.

jonnycomputer 4y ago

Was this supposed to be a command line tool used in a Linux environment, where grep, sed, etc. are already available? Doesn't excuse their behavior, not at all, but I can see exactly how that might provoke their derision. The mistake was quite worse than I thought. But it is foolish to be provoked by the foolishness or ignorance of others. They could have remained silent, or could have reached out constructively (e.g. by introducing them to those widely distributed set of really powerful command line tools). Or is there some JavaScript additional functionality that I'm missing?

petepete 4y ago
Even if sed and grep are available their weird syntax is enough to make people write modern replacements. I don't care if they're not 100% feature complete, the fact I can remember how to use them for my simple everday tasks (searching, finding/replacing across many files) without needing to consult a manpage or search online for answers is enough. I used grep daily for years and _still_ it didn't feel like it made sense. I remember reading about Ack (https://beyondgrep.com/ https://beyondgrep.com/) some time in 2009-2010 , installing it and switching over entirely within about five minutes. Modern sed: https://github.com/chmln/sd https://github.com/chmln/sd Modern grep: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

remram 4y ago

Node is not a Linux-only platform. It's easy to imagine reasons you might need this tool in your software project, that works on all the platforms your project does.