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   In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence DOliveiro  wrote:   
   > Jack Wallen's list   
   ...   
   > scp -- wrong.   
      
   Strong opinion.   
      
   > transferring files securely over SSH. scp did use to use its own   
   > protocol at one point, but it has been upgraded to use the same   
   > underlying protocol as sftp, so it's perfectly fine to continue using   
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   On a foundation of sand.   
      
   Personally both scp and "(cd foo && tar cf ... ) | ssh 'cd bar && tar xf -'"   
   more often than rsync.   
      
   > egrep/fgrep -- it has been true for decades (possibly has always been   
   > true for the GNU utilities?) that egrep and fgrep are just synonyms   
   > for "grep -E" and "grep -F" respectively. And it is true that the   
   > alternative names are finally being deprecated after all these years,   
   > so it behooves you to learn to use the "grep" command for all forms.   
      
   Again, this is a dubious opinion. It doesn't matter to me if they are   
   the same binary or not, "egrep" is a lot easier to type than "grep -E"   
   and fgrep has the same advantage.   
      
   Elijah   
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