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Re: [PLUG] favorite admin tools
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Well, anyone can run 'ping yahoo.com' to test their connection, but
ping is still just as much of an 'admin tool' as grep or ifconfig.
On the same thread, displaying the contents of a file that holds a
cooking recipe is not an administrative task, regardless of whether or
not a person runs 'cat bombacious-tacos.txt' to display it. However,
running 'cat /etc/passwd' is using it for an administrative task. I
think of a command as an "admin tool" when it gets the job done.
And for the record, while it just doesn't feel right for me to edit a
config file in anything but vi, composing an email with it feels
almost as comfortable as taking a shower with my clothes on.
--
James Barrett
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Michael Leone<turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Tim Allen<flipper@peregrinesalon.com> wrote:
>> Here's to Wireshark + 1!
>>
>> And please, let's not get into a vi vs emacs "discussion." I saw a guy
>> using Pico yesterday though, we can all laugh at him safely. ;)
>
> I don't think of either vi or emacs as an "admin" tool. Just because
> you can accomplish certain admin tasks with them doesn't make them
> admin tools, any more than the fact that I can put a pile of stuff
> into a cart and move it from here to there, doesn't make me a moving
> service. :-)
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