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The simplest Unix command is arguably "true"
by xpmatteo 4y ago
The simplest Unix command is arguably "true"
- gspr 4y ago… which the article also points out just two sentences in!
- f0xJtpvHYTVQ88B 4y agoGNU coreutils `true` is 80 lines https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/true.c https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/master/src/true.... Busybox `true` is 38 lines https://github.com/mirror/busybox/blob/master/coreutils/true.c https://github.com/mirror/busybox/blob/master/coreutils/true... The simplest implementation is 0 bytes https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/966896123548872705 https://twitter.com/rob_pike/status/966896123548872705