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Read the Following Manual (lemmy.nz)
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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How did they know to do “ls /usr/bin” in the first place?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago

That bit's just genetic.

[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"For weeks I typed random letters into the command line, and when I entered ls /usr/bin and man finally something happened!

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did they know how to get to the command line?

[–] Ditti@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that what your computer boots into? Mine sure does!

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Your's booted to a command line? Mine boots to C64 Basic.