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@ChrisPirillo@mastodon.social 7 min. ago

Unix dd takes if= and of= instead of flags because its syntax was borrowed from IBM mainframe job control

https://lockergnome.com/dd-takes-operands-not-flags-because-it-copied-ibm-os-360-jcl-dd-statements/

#Unix #dd #IBM #tech #GenerativeAI

Unix dd takes if= and of= instead of flags because its syntax was borrowed from IBM mainframe job control

Dennis Ritchie said dd was always named for the JCL DD card, which is why one command in the toolbox looks nothing like the others.

#dd #generativeai #unix #ibm #tech

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