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What benefit does running another program offer when the program running the command (shell) already provides that functionality?
by MisterTea 2y ago
What benefit does running another program offer when the program running the command (shell) already provides that functionality?
- RunningDroid 2y agoWatch also clears the terminal between runs
- inanutshellus 2y agoI guess that'd be a detractor, as he wouldn't've been able to make his post showing his results over time. I'd've said the benefit is that it's simply a concise single command instead of a "while true" loop and a "sleep 5" command.
- fc417fc802 2y agoThat logic seems to apply to quite a few basic utilities. For that matter, the shell is turing complete so ...