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The title should read modern GNU tools. Linux is a kernel and supplies nothing useful for command line lovers. Nonetheless, the more modern tools are generall
by zgs 3y ago
The title should read modern GNU tools. Linux is a kernel and supplies nothing useful for command line lovers.
Nonetheless, the more modern tools are generally better, faster and more feature rich. I'd pick them over the older versions unless there was a compelling reason not to.
Yes, I've used both. For almost forty years now.
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- eesmith 3y agoI think you mean GNU/Linux? jq is neither a GNU project nor distributed under a GNU license, which is what your suggested title implies.
- zoky 3y agoOkay, who let rms in here?
- em500 3y agoYes, I was a bit confused about this too. Bash (1989) itself is a modern Linux tool. The Unix classic (released between 1973 and 1985 according to the author) would be sh (1979) or perhaps ksh (1983).
- sbuk 3y ago'Modern tools vs. GNU coreutils on the Unix and Unix-like command line' would be more apt (no pun intended). Remember, GNU is Not Unix...