{"id":1039,"date":"2020-04-18T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:38:46","slug":"the-growth-of-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/18\/the-growth-of-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Command Line Tools: The growth of options"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this table here: https:\/\/danluu.com\/cli-complexity\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
command<\/th>\n1979<\/th>\n1996<\/th>\n2015<\/th>\n2017<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
ls<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n42<\/span><\/td>\n58<\/span><\/td>\n58<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rm<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mkdir<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mv<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cp<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n30<\/span><\/td>\n32<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cat<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pwd<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chmod<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
echo<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
man<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n39<\/span><\/td>\n40<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
which<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sudo<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tar<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n53<\/span><\/td>\n134<\/span><\/td>\n139<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
touch<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
clear<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
find<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n57<\/span><\/td>\n82<\/span><\/td>\n82<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ln<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ps<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n85<\/span><\/td>\n85<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ping<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n29<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kill<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ifconfig<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
chown<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
grep<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n45<\/span><\/td>\n45<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tail<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
df<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
top<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found this table here: https:\/\/danluu.com\/cli-complexity\/ command 1979 1996 2015 2017 ls 11 42 58 58 rm 3 7 11 12 mkdir 0 4 6 7 mv 0 9 13 14 cp 0 18 30 32 cat 1 12 12 12 pwd 0 2 4 4 chmod 0 6 9 9 echo 1 4 5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4195,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1039\/revisions\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}