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sp332 on Oct 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rob Pike comments on Ryan Dahl's rant

It's DRY writ large. With that one command you get free text history for every program you use. You don't have to include history handling in each program individually.

ootachi on Oct 5, 2011 [–]

So include that shortcut by default. It's UI. The job of the shell is to help the user get the job done.

Same argument goes for find. Its usefulness compared to du justifies its existence.

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