On 9/11/14 11:46 AM, Bill Ricker wrote: > I wonder which "makers of grep" added -r ? While my opinion isn't worth the electrons it uses, all through out my time behind the keyboard, I've learned that the KISS principle is the best way to survive.
I had a set of scripts that were written for use on our *NIX servers and the way they were written drove a bunch of more seasoned sysadmins into apoplectic fits. "My god, this looks like it was written by a five year old!", "What are you and idiot? Look at this you even used 'cat'!" Gawd how he ranted about it. When he finished, I asked one of the MS-Windows admins if he used my script and if he understood it. I then asked "Does it always work for you?" and he agreed to all the above. My response was, while it doesn't use (the equivalent of the grep -r) obscure and specialized tool features, it always works and the poor schmuck who has to deal with it at two AM after getting paged can understand it and get the system back online quickly. In this day and age, we no longer live in silo environments. We have to learn more across platforms and boarders. Knowing obscure and esoteric switches and features of simple software isn't as helpful as being able to get the job done quickly and reliably and *repeatedly*. -- << MCT >> Michael C Tiernan. http://www.linkedin.com/in/mtiernan Non Impediti Ratione Cogatationis Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss