[goblinux]

absolutely the case. i'm new to Linux and wasn't around in the good old terminal only days - the abbreviations are arcane

why is ch change directory but chmod is change mode? why not cm? or chd?

i had to look this one up because the only explanation i was given for the name of the command dd was 'disk destroyer'. had to go into some old forum to learn that cc was already taken for make and so they just went to the next letter down the line??

it's buck wild in there. i like it, but i've taken to just treating some commands like magic spells because the commands are so impenetrable