Please Instead of Sudo

protip: alias sudo to "please" for a much more wholesome unix experience skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ alias please="sudo" skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please mv README.md codemopolitan/ skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please find codemopolitan/ -iname *.md codemopolitan/README.md skarband@SOLSTICE:~$ please shutdown_

A terminal screenshot shows a Unix user replacing the command “sudo” with “please,” then politely issuing file and shutdown commands. The joke is that adding a courteous word makes intimidating system administration feel wholesome and polite, so people share it as a humorous reaction to overly powerful computer commands. EN: A terminal screenshot shows a Unix user replacing the command “sudo” with “please,” then politely issuing file and shutdown commands. The joke is that adding a courteous word makes intimidating system administration feel wholesome and polite, so people share it as a humorous reaction to overly powerful computer commands.

• @dev_meme / 560 2019-08-14