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Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

#11

Post by ilikepi »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

See also "dog" which I've been using for a while, works well. https://github.com/ogham/dog I actually already have a "q" alias, I think single-letter aliases are probably quite common. Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name? Edit: Turns out I have one installed, "z", a universal archiver front-end. https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z/

> Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name?

There is a `w` command. It's kind of like a mix of `who` and `uptime`.

https://linux.die.net/man/1/w

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

#14

Post by rytill »

itake wrote: post #13

9k stars and 5yrs old: https://github.com/harelba/q Why not call it like dnsq or dq like jq ( https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ ) did?

You can’t just claim a letter and expect no one else to ever make a thing that is named that letter. Except C.

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

#15

Post by itake »

rytill wrote: post #14
itake wrote: post #13

9k stars and 5yrs old: https://github.com/harelba/q Why not call it like dnsq or dq like jq ( https://stedolan.github.io/jq/ ) did?

You can’t just claim a letter and expect no one else to ever make a thing that is named that letter. Except C.

From a trademark perspective, that is exactly how it works: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/dates-use-1

From a "I can only have one cli alias to q" perspective, then I am sticking with SQL "q" cmd, b/c its more useful and I have been using it longer than this one.

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

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Post by itake »

CorrodeXY wrote: post #5
bejelentkezni wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you anticipate being the problem? I have several single-letter commands myself.

Its probably pretty common to use q for one of those commands. It is also easy to accidentally enter an errant q into the shell. Call it qdns?

IMHO, it should follow `jq`: `dnsq`: adjective noun

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

#18

Post by alekun »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

See also "dog" which I've been using for a while, works well. https://github.com/ogham/dog I actually already have a "q" alias, I think single-letter aliases are probably quite common. Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name? Edit: Turns out I have one installed, "z", a universal archiver front-end. https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z/

also “y”, careful where you try it

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

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Post by LeoPanthera »

ilikepi wrote: post #11
LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

See also "dog" which I've been using for a while, works well. https://github.com/ogham/dog I actually already have a "q" alias, I think single-letter aliases are probably quite common. Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name? Edit: Turns out I have one installed, "z", a universal archiver front-end. https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z/

> Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name? There is a `w` command. It's kind of like a mix of `who` and `uptime`. https://linux.die.net/man/1/w

Huh! Today I learned that w and who aren't the same. I always thought they were.

Re: Show HN: "q", a DNS query tool with support for UDP, TCP, DoT, DoH, DoQ and ODoH

#20

Post by LeoPanthera »

joshbaptiste wrote: post #9
LeoPanthera wrote: post #6

See also "dog" which I've been using for a while, works well. https://github.com/ogham/dog I actually already have a "q" alias, I think single-letter aliases are probably quite common. Are there many other well-known utilities with a single-letter name? Edit: Turns out I have one installed, "z", a universal archiver front-end. https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~kinzler/z/

Grr.. the latest dog binary release gives me "GLIBC_2.32 not found" errors on x64 Linux..

A version might be on your repo - it's in the Homebrew repo on Macs.
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