[TUHS] On computerese

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Henry Bent wrote in
 <CAEdTPBeK4HOjuiqJPtpneqrDj0CF3=5=jv5aOPjYPBisDkPmyg at mail.gmail.com>:
 |On Mon, 30 Sept 2024 at 14:08, Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
 |> This makes me wonder when the `apropos` command was introduced; surely
 |> the name was also somewhat of an obscure joke ("what is apropos of
 |> listing a directory?" is not exactly the phrase that springs
 |> immediately to mind when wondering how to list a directory).
 |>
 |
 |Looks like it was introduced in 2BSD, written by Bill Joy, though the
 |4.4BSD manpage claims that it was introduced in 3BSD.  Neither the BSD
 |source nor manpage are particularly enlightening about the choice of name.

"a pro position" maybe.  (Having said that

  #?0|kent:linux$ apropos 'directory list'
  CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY (3) - ask for names only in a directory listing

vs

  #?0|kent:linux$ apropos 'list directory'
  dir (1)              - list directory contents
  ls (1)               - list directory contents
  ls (1p)              - list directory contents
  vdir (1)             - list directory contents

vs

  #?0|kent:linux$ apropos -a list directory
  chacl (1)            - change the access control list of a file or directory
  CURLOPT_DIRLISTONLY (3) - ask for names only in a directory listing
  dir (1)              - list directory contents
  ls (1)               - list directory contents
  ls (1p)              - list directory contents
  vdir (1)             - list directory contents
vs
  #?0|kent:linux$ apropos -a directory list
  ..same..

needs a "pro user" from the start; AI would instead and
additionally clean your back i would assume.

--steffen
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