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1 | tr | ||
2 | has | ||
3 | been | ||
4 | a | ||
5 | part | ||
6 | of | ||
7 | the | ||
8 | unix | ||
9 | toolset | ||
10 | since | ||
11 | the | ||
12 | late | ||
13 | 70s | ||
14 | short | ||
15 | for | ||
16 | translate | ||
17 | or | ||
18 | transliterate | ||
19 | tr | ||
20 | takes | ||
21 | two | ||
22 | strings | ||
23 | as | ||
24 | arguments | ||
25 | and | ||
26 | replaces | ||
27 | incidences | ||
28 | of | ||
29 | the | ||
30 | first | ||
31 | with | ||
32 | the | ||
33 | second | ||
34 | while | ||
35 | reading | ||
36 | a | ||
37 | byte | ||
38 | stream | ||
39 | it | ||
40 | also | ||
41 | supports | ||
42 | ranges | ||
43 | of | ||
44 | characters | ||
45 | in | ||
46 | formats | ||
47 | such | ||
48 | as | ||
49 | a-z | ||
50 | as | ||
51 | well | ||
52 | as | ||
53 | the | ||
54 | posix-compliant | ||
55 | alpha | ||
56 | although | ||
57 | sed | ||
58 | has | ||
59 | more | ||
60 | options | ||
61 | and | ||
62 | features | ||
63 | for | ||
64 | a | ||
65 | quick | ||
66 | search-and-replace | ||
67 | tr | ||
68 | is | ||
69 | more | ||
70 | than | ||
71 | sufficient | ||
72 | the | ||
73 | wind | ||
74 | blows | ||
75 | hard | ||
76 | up | ||
77 | here | ||
78 | far | ||
79 | harder | ||
80 | than | ||
81 | anywhere | ||
82 | else | ||
83 | i've | ||
84 | been | ||
85 | i | ||
86 | wonder | ||
87 | at | ||
88 | times | ||
89 | if | ||
90 | it | ||
91 | might | ||
92 | pick | ||
93 | me | ||
94 | up | ||
95 | like | ||
96 | an | ||
97 | angel | ||
98 | and | ||
99 | carry | ||
100 | me | ||
101 | into | ||
102 | the | ||
103 | night | ||
104 | the | ||
105 | secret | ||
106 | to | ||
107 | truly | ||
108 | great | ||
109 | rolls | ||
110 | is | ||
111 | mayonnaise | ||
112 | although | ||
113 | i | ||
114 | have | ||
115 | received | ||
116 | looks | ||
117 | of | ||
118 | disgust | ||
119 | at | ||
120 | this | ||
121 | assertion | ||
122 | i | ||
123 | think | ||
124 | the | ||
125 | explanation | ||
126 | is | ||
127 | enough | ||
128 | to | ||
129 | expel | ||
130 | doubt | ||
131 | mayonnaise | ||
132 | includes | ||
133 | the | ||
134 | fat | ||
135 | cream | ||
136 | and | ||
137 | egg | ||
138 | content | ||
139 | rolls | ||
140 | need | ||
141 | to | ||
142 | be | ||
143 | any | ||
144 | good | ||
145 | plus | ||
146 | in | ||
147 | mayonnaise | ||
148 | they | ||
149 | come | ||
150 | premeasured | ||
151 | and | ||
152 | perfectly | ||
153 | blended | ||
154 | which | ||
155 | makes | ||
156 | for | ||
157 | incredibly | ||
158 | easy | ||
159 | and | ||
160 | delicious | ||
161 | rolls | ||
162 | after | ||
163 | i | ||
164 | explain | ||
165 | myself | ||
166 | the | ||
167 | looks | ||
168 | of | ||
169 | disgust | ||
170 | usually | ||
171 | remain | ||
172 | my | ||
173 | mother | ||
174 | used | ||
175 | to | ||
176 | make | ||
177 | me | ||
178 | mayonnaise | ||
179 | rolls | ||
180 | and | ||
181 | hers | ||
182 | will | ||
183 | always | ||
184 | be | ||
185 | the | ||
186 | best | ||
187 | i | ||
188 | had | ||
189 | a | ||
190 | teacher | ||
191 | in | ||
192 | college | ||
193 | who | ||
194 | explained | ||
195 | xenophobia | ||
196 | as | ||
197 | mother's | ||
198 | cooking | ||
199 | is | ||
200 | best | ||
201 | one | ||
202 | of | ||
203 | my | ||
204 | favorite | ||
205 | fictional | ||
206 | theories | ||
207 | is | ||
208 | the | ||
209 | shoe | ||
210 | event | ||
211 | horizon | ||
212 | an | ||
213 | economic | ||
214 | truth | ||
215 | which | ||
216 | states | ||
217 | that | ||
218 | as | ||
219 | a | ||
220 | society | ||
221 | progresses | ||
222 | shoe | ||
223 | stores | ||
224 | become | ||
225 | more | ||
226 | and | ||
227 | more | ||
228 | prevalent | ||
229 | the | ||
230 | demand | ||
231 | for | ||
232 | shoes | ||
233 | raises | ||
234 | slowly | ||
235 | almost | ||
236 | imperceptibly | ||
237 | causing | ||
238 | shoe | ||
239 | manufacturers | ||
240 | to | ||
241 | make | ||
242 | more | ||
243 | and | ||
244 | cheaper | ||
245 | shoes | ||
246 | this | ||
247 | begins | ||
248 | a | ||
249 | vicious | ||
250 | cycle | ||
251 | during | ||
252 | which | ||
253 | more | ||
254 | and | ||
255 | more | ||
256 | shoes | ||
257 | are | ||
258 | made | ||
259 | more | ||
260 | and | ||
261 | more | ||
262 | cheaply | ||
263 | causing | ||
264 | more | ||
265 | shoes | ||
266 | to | ||
267 | be | ||
268 | bought | ||
269 | and | ||
270 | thus | ||
271 | made | ||
272 | until | ||
273 | finally | ||
274 | the | ||
275 | society | ||
276 | reaches | ||
277 | the | ||
278 | shoe | ||
279 | event | ||
280 | horizon | ||
281 | this | ||
282 | is | ||
283 | the | ||
284 | point | ||
285 | at | ||
286 | which | ||
287 | it | ||
288 | becomes | ||
289 | economically | ||
290 | impossible | ||
291 | for | ||
292 | any | ||
293 | stores | ||
294 | but | ||
295 | shoe | ||
296 | stores | ||
297 | to | ||
298 | exist | ||
299 | after | ||
300 | the | ||
301 | economy | ||
302 | collapses | ||
303 | the | ||
304 | society's | ||
305 | people | ||
306 | invariably | ||
307 | turn | ||
308 | into | ||
309 | birds | ||
310 | never | ||
311 | to | ||
312 | touch | ||
313 | ground | ||
314 | again | ||
315 | awk | ||
316 | is | ||
317 | often | ||
318 | used | ||
319 | as | ||
320 | a | ||
321 | command-line | ||
322 | stream-editing | ||
323 | tool | ||
324 | but | ||
325 | it | ||
326 | is | ||
327 | actually | ||
328 | an | ||
329 | entire | ||
330 | interpreted | ||
331 | language | ||
332 | it | ||
333 | supports | ||
334 | multiple | ||
335 | variables | ||
336 | and | ||
337 | logical | ||
338 | structuring | ||
339 | and | ||
340 | has | ||
341 | been | ||
342 | the | ||
343 | inspiration | ||
344 | for | ||
345 | perl | ||
346 | which | ||
347 | has | ||
348 | largely | ||
349 | replaced | ||
350 | it | ||
351 | it | ||
352 | was | ||
353 | originally | ||
354 | written | ||
355 | in | ||
356 | 1977 | ||
357 | but | ||
358 | over | ||
359 | the | ||
360 | years | ||
361 | has | ||
362 | evolved | ||
363 | with | ||
364 | multiple | ||
365 | implementations | ||
366 | made | ||
367 | for | ||
368 | different | ||
369 | uses | ||
370 | the | ||
371 | best | ||
372 | shoes | ||
373 | i | ||
374 | ever | ||
375 | owned | ||
376 | were | ||
377 | franco | ||
378 | fortinis | ||
379 | a | ||
380 | brand | ||
381 | i | ||
382 | have | ||
383 | yet | ||
384 | to | ||
385 | find | ||
386 | anywhere | ||
387 | else | ||
388 | sometimes | ||
389 | i | ||
390 | wonder | ||
391 | if | ||
392 | i | ||
393 | dreamed | ||
394 | the | ||
395 | shoes | ||
396 | like | ||
397 | in | ||
398 | stories | ||
399 | where | ||
400 | the | ||
401 | protagonist | ||
402 | buys | ||
403 | a | ||
404 | powerful | ||
405 | object | ||
406 | from | ||
407 | a | ||
408 | mysterious | ||
409 | store | ||
410 | and | ||
411 | try | ||
412 | to | ||
413 | return | ||
414 | it | ||
415 | after | ||
416 | it | ||
417 | backfires | ||
418 | in | ||
419 | some | ||
420 | tragic | ||
421 | way | ||
422 | only | ||
423 | to | ||
424 | find | ||
425 | the | ||
426 | spot | ||
427 | where | ||
428 | the | ||
429 | store | ||
430 | stood | ||
431 | is | ||
432 | an | ||
433 | empty | ||
434 | lot | ||
435 | or | ||
436 | worse | ||
437 | a | ||
438 | blank | ||
439 | brick | ||
440 | wall | ||
441 | after | ||
442 | having | ||
443 | moved | ||
444 | to | ||
445 | arizona | ||
446 | i | ||
447 | fear | ||
448 | i | ||
449 | will | ||
450 | forget | ||
451 | what | ||
452 | rain | ||
453 | is | ||
454 | like | ||
455 | i | ||
456 | don't | ||
457 | think | ||
458 | it's | ||
459 | sandbags | ||
460 | falling | ||
461 | on | ||
462 | the | ||
463 | body | ||
464 | and | ||
465 | i | ||
466 | believe | ||
467 | it | ||
468 | is | ||
469 | cold | ||
470 | i | ||
471 | think | ||
472 | daredevil | ||
473 | that | ||
474 | piss | ||
475 | of | ||
476 | a | ||
477 | film | ||
478 | has | ||
479 | endeared | ||
480 | itself | ||
481 | to | ||
482 | me | ||
483 | forever | ||
484 | with | ||
485 | its | ||
486 | depiction | ||
487 | of | ||
488 | rain | ||
489 | recent | ||
490 | studies | ||
491 | have | ||
492 | proven | ||
493 | eyewitness | ||
494 | testimony | ||
495 | to | ||
496 | be | ||
497 | utterly | ||
498 | unreliable | ||
499 | it | ||
500 | turns | ||
501 | out | ||
502 | that | ||
503 | memory | ||
504 | is | ||
505 | not | ||
506 | a | ||
507 | record | ||
508 | set | ||
509 | down | ||
510 | on | ||
511 | the | ||
512 | tablet | ||
513 | of | ||
514 | the | ||
515 | brain | ||
516 | but | ||
517 | rather | ||
518 | a | ||
519 | series | ||
520 | of | ||
521 | impressions | ||
522 | emotions | ||
523 | and | ||
524 | physical | ||
525 | states | ||
526 | that | ||
527 | changes | ||
528 | even | ||
529 | with | ||
530 | access | ||
531 | one | ||
532 | of | ||
533 | my | ||
534 | students | ||
535 | is | ||
536 | having | ||
537 | a | ||
538 | hard | ||
539 | time | ||
540 | finding | ||
541 | arguments | ||
542 | in | ||
543 | favor | ||
544 | of | ||
545 | the | ||
546 | use | ||
547 | of | ||
548 | eyewitness | ||
549 | testimony | ||
550 | for | ||
551 | a | ||
552 | paper | ||
553 | this | ||
554 | is | ||
555 | how | ||
556 | obvious | ||
557 | the | ||
558 | workings | ||
559 | of | ||
560 | memory | ||
561 | are | ||
562 | and | ||
563 | yet | ||
564 | without | ||
565 | our | ||
566 | memory | ||
567 | we | ||
568 | are | ||
569 | nothing | ||
570 | memory | ||
571 | is | ||
572 | the | ||
573 | tether | ||
574 | to | ||
575 | the | ||
576 | floor | ||
577 | of | ||
578 | the | ||
579 | ocean | ||
580 | of | ||
581 | our | ||
582 | past | ||
583 | the | ||
584 | ocean | ||
585 | is | ||
586 | our | ||
587 | collective | ||
588 | subconscious | ||
589 | which | ||
590 | we | ||
591 | float | ||
592 | on | ||
593 | on | ||
594 | the | ||
595 | inner | ||
596 | tube | ||
597 | of | ||
598 | individual | ||
599 | perception | ||
600 | slathering | ||
601 | on | ||
602 | the | ||
603 | suntan | ||
604 | lotion | ||
605 | of | ||
606 | our | ||
607 | prejudices | ||
608 | wearing | ||
609 | the | ||
610 | sunglasses | ||
611 | of | ||
612 | self-deception | ||
613 | all | ||
614 | underneath | ||
615 | the | ||
616 | sun | ||
617 | of | ||
618 | technology | ||
619 | the | ||
620 | seagulls | ||
621 | of | ||
622 | death | ||
623 | circle | ||
624 | slowly | ||
625 | calling | ||
626 | to | ||
627 | each | ||
628 | other | ||
629 | the | ||
630 | call | ||
631 | of | ||
632 | their | ||
633 | society | ||
634 | secret | ||
635 | in | ||
636 | its | ||
637 | machinations | ||
638 | my | ||
639 | father | ||
640 | told | ||
641 | me | ||
642 | that | ||
643 | once | ||
644 | when | ||
645 | swimming | ||
646 | a | ||
647 | rip | ||
648 | tide | ||
649 | pulled | ||
650 | him | ||
651 | far | ||
652 | out | ||
653 | to | ||
654 | sea | ||
655 | he | ||
656 | said | ||
657 | it | ||
658 | was | ||
659 | impossible | ||
660 | to | ||
661 | tell | ||
662 | until | ||
663 | it | ||
664 | was | ||
665 | too | ||
666 | late | ||
667 | the | ||
668 | shore | ||
669 | simply | ||
670 | receded | ||
671 | too | ||
672 | slowly | ||
673 | he | ||
674 | never | ||
675 | told | ||
676 | me | ||
677 | how | ||
678 | he | ||
679 | made | ||
680 | it | ||
681 | back | ||
682 | but | ||
683 | i | ||
684 | imagine | ||
685 | him | ||
686 | bearded | ||
687 | beached | ||
688 | coughing | ||
689 | up | ||
690 | saltwater | ||
691 | a | ||
692 | new | ||
693 | shipwrecked | ||
694 | victim | ||
695 | grep | ||
696 | is | ||
697 | a | ||
698 | basic | ||
699 | search | ||
700 | tool | ||
701 | for | ||
702 | unix-based | ||
703 | systems | ||
704 | it | ||
705 | has | ||
706 | a | ||
707 | robust | ||
708 | syntax | ||
709 | though | ||
710 | i've | ||
711 | had | ||
712 | trouble | ||
713 | remembering | ||
714 | the | ||
715 | regex | ||
716 | nuances | ||
717 | between | ||
718 | it | ||
719 | sed | ||
720 | s | ||
721 | and | ||
722 | perl | ||
723 | s | ||
724 | there | ||
725 | is | ||
726 | a | ||
727 | posix | ||
728 | standard | ||
729 | but | ||
730 | no | ||
731 | one | ||
732 | follows | ||
733 | standards | ||
734 | my | ||
735 | mother | ||
736 | loves | ||
737 | annie | ||
738 | dillard | ||
739 | she | ||
740 | always | ||
741 | talks | ||
742 | about | ||
743 | the | ||
744 | praying | ||
745 | mantis | ||
746 | egg | ||
747 | case | ||
748 | scene | ||
749 | dillard | ||
750 | could | ||
751 | never | ||
752 | find | ||
753 | a | ||
754 | praying | ||
755 | mantis | ||
756 | egg | ||
757 | case | ||
758 | until | ||
759 | she | ||
760 | finally | ||
761 | saw | ||
762 | one | ||
763 | by | ||
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765 | after | ||
766 | that | ||
767 | she | ||
768 | saw | ||
769 | them | ||
770 | everywhere | ||
771 | my | ||
772 | mother | ||
773 | showed | ||
774 | me | ||
775 | an | ||
776 | egg | ||
777 | case | ||
778 | once | ||
779 | i | ||
780 | haven't | ||
781 | seen | ||
782 | one | ||
783 | since | ||
784 | my | ||
785 | friend | ||
786 | steven | ||
787 | has | ||
788 | over | ||
789 | three | ||
790 | hundred | ||
791 | pairs | ||
792 | of | ||
793 | shoes | ||
794 | he | ||
795 | tells | ||
796 | me | ||
797 | his | ||
798 | goal | ||
799 | is | ||
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801 | to | ||
802 | obtain | ||
803 | a | ||
804 | calendar | ||
805 | of | ||
806 | shoes | ||
807 | and | ||
808 | wear | ||
809 | a | ||
810 | different | ||
811 | one | ||
812 | each | ||
813 | day | ||
814 | of | ||
815 | the | ||
816 | year | ||
817 | he | ||
818 | doesn't | ||
819 | include | ||
820 | the | ||
821 | forty | ||
822 | days | ||
823 | of | ||
824 | lent | ||
825 | however | ||
826 | he | ||
827 | goes | ||
828 | barefoot | ||
829 | those | ||
830 | forty | ||
831 | days | ||