2026-06-20 - ip route
ip route shows the map every packet finds its way lights on down the road
2026-06-18 - gzip
gzip the archive forty megabytes fold down small the bag fits at last
2026-06-17 - popd
popd back where I started from the kettle still warm
2026-06-16 - [[ -z ]]
[[ -z $stderr ]] not one complaint all night long the house is still warm
2026-06-15 - tcpdump
tcpdump listens every packet crossing by rain against the glass
2026-06-14 - ip rule
ip rule show each packet finds its table the mail sorted right
2026-06-13 - exit
exit the door clicks shut behind you porch light still on
2026-06-12 - [[ -f ]]
[[ -f ]] still there after all this time neighbor's porch light on
2026-06-11 - kubectl get pods
kubectl get pods each one breathing, each one named the flock is intact
2026-06-10 - docker system prune
docker system prune the garage finally cleared out light through the back door
2026-06-09 - terminfo
terminfo answers back the terminal knows its shape colors land just right
2026-06-08 - stat
stat on the log file size, mtime, everything right -- the house is in order
2026-06-07 - gpg --encrypt
gpg --encrypt only for your eyes -- the seal letter slid under the door
2026-06-06 - curl --data-binary
curl --data-binary the file lifts whole, nothing lost a box passed hand to hand
2026-06-05 - bmon
bmon watching the wire bytes climbing steadily -- good rain on a night road
2026-06-04 - git log --since
git log --since yesterday the project grew while I slept small lights, one by one
2026-06-03 - sk
sk the commit log a name I used to go by still in the diff
2026-06-02 - updatedb
updatedb all the old addresses saved you left months ago
2026-06-01 - paste -d
paste -d joins lines two lists become one table names match the numbers
2026-05-31 - curl -I
curl -I the door only headers come back now nobody's home
2026-05-29 - base64 -d
trailing equal signs base64 -d her address, still the same
2026-05-27 - awk '{print $1}'
awk '{print $1}' only the first word survives the rest, unclaimed
2026-05-26 - bc <<<
splitting the rent bc «< "1500 / 3" one room is empty
2026-05-25 - umask 022
anyone may look nothing rearranged inside umask 022
2026-05-24 - rmmod
rmmod the driver the printer sits in the hall no one claimed it
2026-05-23 - find -exec {} +
find -exec, then gather a thousand files, one strike the last light goes out
2026-05-22 - lsof -p
lsof -p finds every door the process holds none of them are shut
2026-05-21 - !$
rm -rf !$ the path I named this morning gone now, the drive quiet
2026-05-20 - eza
eza --long the attic door, left open what year were these made
2026-05-19 - hexdump -C
hexdump -C the file familiar bytes, unreadable -- I wrote this once
2026-05-18 - ping -c 3
ping -c 3 three knocks on a stranger's door silence, then an echo
2026-05-17 - visudo
visudo -- check before the door swings shut the key still inside
2026-05-16 - banner
banner my name large the wall of letters fills up still nobody home
2026-05-15 - sudo su
sudo su the door opens from inside the house is mine now
2026-05-14 - xargs -n 1
xargs -n 1 a nurse calls each patient once the waiting room thins
2026-05-13 - traceroute
traceroute to you eleven hops, three continents the last one times out
2026-05-12 - git fetch --all
git fetch --all a branch last touched in winter still no pull request
2026-05-12 - file
file says: JPEG image the summer she took that trip still here, unnamed
2026-05-12 - cp -r
cp -r the past same files, different directory nothing carried over
2026-05-11 - ls
ls an old project dust in the directory nothing worth keeping
2026-05-11 - dig
dig for the address somewhere a server answers dust on the desk lamp