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		Joker_vD on Sept 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the foolishness of “natural language programmin... Ha! Try searching for the meaning of sh's command "."! That's got to be the most obnoxious name for a command.

mkl on Sept 20, 2020 [–]

It's not too hard: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sh+dot+command&atb=v135-5__&ia=web

"period" and "full stop" were less successful than "dot", though.

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