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		bqmjjx0kac 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: argp: GNU-style command line argument parser for G... Fun fact, `find`'s wonky argument syntax predates GNU syntax. It was part of Version 5 Unix from 1974. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Find_(Unix)

petepete 9 months ago | [–]

I used find frequently for more than a decade and it just never felt natural to me. I get there in the end but have to stop and think.

With fd, a modern 'equivalent', I barely think just type.

Same for grep.

orthoxerox 9 months ago | [–]

As was `dd`, another program with an unorthodox syntax.

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