Small, sharp tools can cut you
Some reflections on the UNIX command-line model, and where it falls short.
Editing Directory Trees in Emacs
In which I demonstrate how to use Emacs to edit a directory tree just like you’d edit an ordinary file.
Greenletters: Painless automation and testing for command-line applications
Did you ever use Expect to automate a complex command-line procedure, like an FTP upload? Expect is handy – and very powerful – but for Ruby projects it sure would…