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We make very careful considerations about the interface and operation of the GNU coreutils, but unfortunately due to backwards compatibility reasons, some behaviours or defaults of these utilities can be confusing.
This information will continue to be updated and overlaps somewhat with the coreutils FAQ, with this list focusing on less frequent potential issues.
Good tips and reminders for those who don't work mostly with a CLI (Command Line Interface).
[What has been YOUR biggest CLI gotcha? -Ed.]
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(Score: 2) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Wednesday December 02 2015, @01:21PM
For some reason, I never can remember in what order the symlink parameters go. Is it "ln -s old new" or "ln -s new old"? No matter how many times I look it up, I never seem to remember.
Not a CLI gotcha, but I use scripting languages like Perl and Python so much that when I have to use bash to write a little script or something (even from the CLI), I never remember it. When I look up something, the syntax is so bizarre I remember why I use scripting languages!
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