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I will never learn this tool I will not even contemplate using this tool. The reason is very simple: I can trust 'grep' to be on any system I ever touch. Lear
by louwrentius 3y ago
I will never learn this tool
I will not even contemplate using this tool.
The reason is very simple: I can trust 'grep' to be on any system I ever touch. Learning ugrep doesn't make any sense as I can't trust it to be available.
I could still use it on my own systems, but I work on customer systems which won't have this tool installed.
And I'm proficient enough with grep that it's 'good enough', I'm not focussing on a better grep. I'm focussing on fixing a problem, or trying something new.
I'd rather invest my time into something that will benefit me across all environments I work with.
Because a tool may be 'better' (whatever that means) doesn't mean it will see adoption.
This is not about being closeminded, but it's about focus on what's really important.