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“Seek not to walk the path of the masters; seek what they sought.”
Matsuo Basho
The Bonsai core utilities are the result of the careful examination of the
current state of POSIX and Unix utilies. The Unix Philosophy, “do one thing and
do it well” is its core but these tools do not cling to the names of the past.
The Bonsai core utilities are a replacement for standard POSIX utilities which
aim to fill its niche while expanding on their capabilities. These new tools are
the result of the careful examination of the current state of POSIX and Unix
utilies. The Unix Philosophy of “do one thing and do it well” are their core but
they avoid clinging to the past.
The era of the original Unix tools has been long and fruitful, but they have
their flaws. The new, non-POSIX era of this project started with frustration
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$ make test
To remove all untracked files:
To remove all build and distributable files:
$ make clean