Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agoPeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down123
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squarePeople using 'less' when they should be using 'fewer'Illecors@lemmy.cafe to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squareMalix@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·edit-25 months ago[malix@derp ~]$ fewer .bashrc bash: fewer: command not found :(
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months ago$alias fewer = ‘less’
minus-squareNotMelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhat would " $ touch fewer $ fewer .bashrc " Do?
minus-squareMalix@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agobasically nothing/same “command not found”. “fewer” doesn’t have execute rights, nor does the next command use the fewer in current directory. But, taking all that into account and “doing it right…ish”: $ touch fewer $ chmod +x fewer $ ./fewer .bashrc #it outputs nothing, it's an empty script
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoMy pet peeve is people using less when they should be using more
[malix@derp ~]$ fewer .bashrc bash: fewer: command not found:(
$alias fewer = ‘less’
What would
" $ touch fewer
$ fewer .bashrc " Do?
basically nothing/same “command not found”.
“fewer” doesn’t have execute rights, nor does the next command use the fewer in current directory. But, taking all that into account and “doing it right…ish”:
$ touch fewer $ chmod +x fewer $ ./fewer .bashrc #it outputs nothing, it's an empty scriptThe right answer is to use bat
My pet peeve is people using
lesswhen they should be usingmoreNah, I like my VIM keys