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grep: Searches for a specific pattern in files or input stream. Commonly used for text filtering. -
cat: Concatenates and displays file contents. Often used for reading or combining files. -
sed: Stream editor for filtering and transforming text. Useful for find and replace operations.
This is literally the most impressive piece of AI artwork I’ve ever seen. I would never be able to come up with that visual of
grep. Seriously mind blowing. Well done, op.Thanks, it was a lot of fun.
Awk!
Curl!
rm -rf /*!Don’t forget
-no-preserve-root!
I used
awkso much before learning to split strings in native bash to save that extra .001ms.Ha, that was my main reason for using awk, performance and run time. I had to do things like replace semi-colons with commas in 1 terrabyte text files.
What were the prompts used for the AI?
I tried to have a conversation with DALL-E 3 and generated about a dozen images before settling on the first one. Here is the accompanying text:
Here are the images visualizing the ‘grep’ command in the context of vast libraries, devoid of natural elements. These visuals emphasize the idea of searching through expansive knowledge. Let me know your thoughts or if you’d like to explore other concepts.
Fscking cool.
Those are really pretty!
They always did feel like magic to me :)
