What command would you like to use in real life?

[abrenecki]

Not sure how interesting this'll be. If it's not, the thread wil sink into obscurity.
Can be Unix, Win32 or SQL commands. EDIT: or key combinations, menu commands or anything really. If reverse-DNS is required (ie for Mac OS X's defaults write), all inatimate objects are in org.universe.objects and all people are in org.universe.people. I'll start.

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$ grep socks bedroom

[vqcg]

it's not a command, but you would not BELIEVE the amount of times I have wished life had 'edit > undo'!
or the amount of times I've THOUGHT it did

[Zohar]

I just want a continuous autosave function and the ability to load any save file I wished.

[tiny]

I want ctrl+f for books!!

[Chrismclegless]

I think copy/paste would be SO useful.

[schmiggen]

I'm only vaguely familiar with SQL and unix, so I have no clue if there is something like this -- is there a "pause" or... maybe "break" sort of command or key combination? That would be awesome

[Okita]

Ctrl-z would just make making mistakes a lot less problematic.

[abrenecki]

I have, in fact, while imagining hypothetical situations, tried to access the menu bar (Mac OS X user, so it's at the top of the screen) and wondered where it would be before realizing it wouldn't be there at all. I have also tried to command-click things in real life. And since we've strayed from the command line: I would so love to be able to use my Apple Remote's play/pause button on my sister.

[michaelandjimi]

And since we've strayed from the command line: I would so love to be able to use my Apple Remote's play/pause button on my sister.

O_O
Also, this thread could totally be in general.

[abrenecki]

Can I do that myself, or is that something only mods can do?

[Pirate.Bondage]

Delete would be very helpful, if I could eliminate people.

Plus copy+paste.

[Rysto]

Come on, the answer is obviously sudo.

[abrenecki]

Agreed. The two commands that could probably cause the most havoc, in my opinion (assuming the world ran on Mac OS X):

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sudo rm
sudo defaults write
sudo nano

[joff]

Come on, the answer is obviously sudo.

"Go out with me"
"No"
"sudo Go out with me"
"Ok"

Yeah, definitely.

[abrenecki]

Not quite related, but: Who needs Clearasil Ultra* when we have Spot Retouch in Photoshop?
*that pimple removing stuff they advertised during Australian Idol, back when I used to actually watch it

[Felstaff]

The ability to delete people.
Think of the MAD-related consequences.

How to displace an entire populace:

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Highlight [Nation]
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+X
Highlight [Landspace]
Ctrl+V

Way more successful than Vietnam.

Ctrl+F
"Weapons of Mass Destruction"
:!: Phrase Not Found

"When I was just a baby
My mother told me: "Son
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever play with guns."
But I shot a man in Reno
And then pressed Ctrl-Z
Now I'm stuck in a dead-end-job-in-some-office-with-little-prospects-and-I'd-be-better-off-in-prison
And that's what tortures me"

[VectorZero]

How to displace an entire populace:

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Highlight [Nation]
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+X
Highlight [Landspace]
[BLUE SCREEN]

...

Shit.

[Vanguard]

I just want a continuous autosave function and the ability to load any save file I wished.

Bingo.

I do this a lot on these forums, I always quote someone and /agree. I just can't get to these threads fast enough >_<

Still, I'd like an autosave every 6 or 12 hours.

[Felstaff]

How to displace an entire populace:

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Highlight [Nation]
Ctrl+A
Ctrl+X
Highlight [Landspace]
[BLUE SCREEN]

...

Shit.

You get the blue screen when you accidentally highlight [The Ocean] before pasting, and thereby consign a nation of peoples to the sea.

This post had objectionable content.

[villadelfia]

the answer is OBVIOUSLY the ba(sh) shell

[Random832]

it's not a command, but you would not BELIEVE the amount of times I have wished life had 'edit > undo'!
or the amount of times I've THOUGHT it did

In a similar vein, the "rewind" command from zsnes.

Hell, even having it in real videogames would be an improvement.

[timpzed]

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select *
from jokeList as j
where appropriate = 1
groupby j.hilarity

[Rysto]

That's not standard SQL, is it? You can't SELECT * with a GROUP BY clause, can you?