Unix devs: “Let’s make everything a file in our OS so that it’s easy to use and develop”
Windows devs (clearly on crack): “Let’s store random critical shit in a crappy database registry thing and retain literally all the drawbacks of DOS on our new NT system”
Nano
Honestly, yes. Vim scary.
echo "text file content goes here" >> myfile.txtIs there a way to put it in a line on the test file? Like
l- 69
Excuse me sir,
:wqdoesn’t work here.
Not all textfiles anymore: The journal for instance.
Journalctl?
Yes, journalctl is the command for journal reading.
What’s the journal?
Logs storage for applications and services.
But isn’t it a text file?
The systemd journal stores log data in a binary format
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/journal-files/
I was told Plan9 is who treats absolutely everything as files, even remote mountpoints
If they wouldn’t have went with rio they may have got some traction
They didn’t hide Star Wars in ASCII? Lame. Year of the piss desktop, more like it kek
I’m Spartacus!
Ioctl would like to have a talk


