Subj : Slimmed down Debian
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Sep 16 2019 07:00:00


Hi Mike!

 > I think Ky was commenting on some of the 'crypticness' of the command
 > lines.  Windows tends to use only a handful of switch options while some
 > of the Linux utilities use the entire alphabet, single digit numbers,
 > then also a bunch of characters.  Plus that "/.n4" for a hidden
 > directory.  BTW, "DD" won't work has has to be lower-cased.
 MP> Yeah, that is why I get a util working they way I want and then
 MP> create a script to run it.  That way, I only have to remember the
 MP> script name, or let cron run it.  :)

<chuckle>  Yes, a lot easier to have the computer do stuff
automatically: always some reason not to do something (and 'forgetting' 
can be included!).

Just remember to activate your script else it will just sit there like a
regular file.

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