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		sureaboutthis on Feb 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Problem solving with Unix commands > I am starting to realize that the Unix command-line toolbox can fix absolutely any problem related to text wrangling. Am I the only one who thought, "No shit, Sherlock"?. This is a fundamental of UNIX that many people don't seem to grasp.

adtac on Feb 14, 2019 | [–]

Everybody realises this at some point. Nobody ever thought "I can use this for anything" when they first saw a shell. It takes time.

SomethingOrNot on Feb 14, 2019 | [–]

He’s an MS student. He’s just documenting and sharing his journey. As blogs do.

https://www.xkcd.com/1053/

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