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17 Jan 2004 00:14
 
 
A is for awk, which runs like a snail, and
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B is for biff, which reads all your mail.
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C is for cc, as hackers recall, while
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D is for dd, the command that does all.
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E is for emacs, which rebinds your keys, and
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F is for fsck, which rebuilds your trees.
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G is for grep, a clever detective, while
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H is for halt, which may seem defective.
I is for indent, which rarely amuses, and
J is for join, which nobody uses.
K is for kill, which makes you the boss, while
L is for lex, which is missing from DOS.
M is for more, from which less was begot, and
N is for nice, which it really is not.
O is for od, which prints out things nice, while
P is for passwd, which reads in strings twice.
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Q is for quota, a Berkeley-type fable, and
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R is for ranlib, for sorting ar table.
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S is for spell, which attempts to belittle, while
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T is for true, which does very little.
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U is for uniq, which is used after sort, and
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V is for vi, which is hard to abort.
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W is for whoami, which tells you your name, while
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X is, well, X, of dubious fame.
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Y is for yes, which makes an impression, and
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Z is for zcat, which handles compression.

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