Re: [bug #61774] Docs for find -delete out of sync

admin4 <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
nah my mistake now got it:

simplify in this context means: find should get rid of the -delete 
("simplify")

because, (UNIX Philosophy)

  * *Write programs that do one thing and do it well.*
  * *Write programs to work together.*
  * *Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal
    interface.*

find . -name *.doc -exec rm -rf {} \; # does the same as find . -name 
*.doc -delete

Malcolm Douglas McIlroy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_McIlroy>: 
“Everything was small… and my heart sinks for Linux when I see the size 
of it. […]

The manual page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page>, which really 
used to be a manual /page/, is now a small volume, with a thousand options…

*We used to sit around in the Unix Room saying, ‘What can we throw out? 
Why is there this option?’*

*It’s often because there is some deficiency in the basic design* — you 
didn’t really hit the right design point.

Instead of adding an option, think about what was forcing you to add 
that option.” (src: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Doug_McIlroy)

https://dwaves.de/2017/05/02/the-unix-philosophy-simple-and-beautiful-so-it-just-works/

PS: "encourage close communication" why has communications become so 
little fun? X-D https://ytpak.net/watch?v=JoVQTPbD6UY

ok that's gonna be the last mail because do not want to bother
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