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		lelandfe on Jan 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's something difficult programmers make look e... Similarly, I was tasked with counting every file in a folder and its subdirectories as a punishment at a job on campus as an undergrad. I plonked out a Bash oneliner in a couple minutes and gave the result. My disgruntled superior had me do it again by hand.

thekiptxt on Jan 19, 2024 [–]

Ah, you had the knowledge to solve the problem using bash, but had not the wisdom to sit on the answer and surf the web until a plausible amount of time had passed :)

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