On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:31:28 -0700, jim beam wrote:

>>> name a single cli command that is capitalized.

>> VBoxHeadless is one that I use all the time... ;-)

> well, you're one up on dave and dan. and me.

Oh, come on, you Unix guru, you. Anyone with any knowledge about the
subject knows that "VBoxHeadless" is not a *CLI command*. It's the name
of a program that can be typed at the CLI, but it's not a "command".

There are many such examples. BitchX, LimeWire, Thunar, X, and many more.
Again, those are (external) programs that can be started from the command
line, but are not "commands" in the true sense. A "true" command would be
something like a bash builtin, for example, which are generally all
lowercase as far as I know.

I'm surprised you didn't make this distinction, as pedantic as you are.


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Dan C wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:31:28 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>
>>>> name a single cli command that is capitalized.
>
>>> VBoxHeadless is one that I use all the time... ;-)
>
>> well, you're one up on dave and dan. and me.
>
> Oh, come on, you Unix guru, you. Anyone with any knowledge about the
> subject knows that "VBoxHeadless" is not a *CLI command*. It's the name
> of a program that can be typed at the CLI, but it's not a "command".
>
> There are many such examples. BitchX, LimeWire, Thunar, X, and many more.
> Again, those are (external) programs that can be started from the command
> line, but are not "commands" in the true sense.


jeepers dude, what next? why isn't TIN on your list? because that's
your newsreader application name, but you invoke it with "tin".


> A "true" command would be
> something like a bash builtin, for example, which are generally all
> lowercase as far as I know.

er, i do know this distinction - which is why i made my original point,
but i guess i'm not trying to muddy the water like you.


>
> I'm surprised you didn't make this distinction, as pedantic as you are.
>
>

so now you respond?

 

On 2008-08-20, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:31:28 -0700, jim beam wrote:
>
>>>> name a single cli command that is capitalized.
>
>>> VBoxHeadless is one that I use all the time... ;-)
>
>> well, you're one up on dave and dan. and me.
>
> Oh, come on, you Unix guru, you. Anyone with any knowledge about the
> subject knows that "VBoxHeadless" is not a *CLI command*. It's the name
> of a program that can be typed at the CLI, but it's not a "command".
>
> There are many such examples. BitchX, LimeWire, Thunar, X, and many more.
> Again, those are (external) programs that can be started from the command
> line, but are not "commands" in the true sense. A "true" command would be
> something like a bash builtin, for example, which are generally all
> lowercase as far as I know.
>
> I'm surprised you didn't make this distinction, as pedantic as you are.

Most of the "commands" in Linux are external programs. Anything typed
at the cli to achieve a task is a command. You know better, Danny
Boy...


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On 2008-08-20, jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote:
>
> as for your netcop activities, either waste electrons uniformly for all
> "transgressions" from all users or not at all.

Danny boy is best ignored. He is not much more than a troll. He
likes to spend his time in Linux newsgroups jumping on newbies asking
for help. He doesn't know , so he tries his best to make others
feel as inferior as himself.

Not unlike the discussion here recently about fuel usage when the car
is in gear, and your foot isn't on the gas. He had no clue what he
was talking about, but felt free to jump in and attack those that know
and accuse them of stupidity. The punk never learns...

If you can get used to him, he can at least be entertaining to a
point, which is why I don't just drop him in the killfile. But don't
expect him to ever have anything useful to say. The next time he does
will be the first...


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