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166 points adzicg | 4 comments | 22 Oct 24 12:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.391s | source

1. fsflover ◴[22 Oct 24 15:05 UTC] No.41915013[source]▶

>>41913437 (OP) #

Doesn't it contradict with the Unix philosophy of "Make each program do one thing well"? I don't see how cp and ls are getting infinitely more complex with time.

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2. pphysch ◴[22 Oct 24 15:45 UTC] No.41915487[source]▶

>>41915013 (TP) #

Dan Luu: The growth of command line options, 1979-2017

https://danluu.com/cli-complexity/

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3. ◴[22 Oct 24 15:57 UTC] No.41915621[source]▶

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4. tightbookkeeper ◴[22 Oct 24 16:13 UTC] No.41915803[source]▶

>>41915013 (TP) #

They demand more commands

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