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SL(1): Cure your bad habit of mistyping

26 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 5 stories, 21 comments · first 2013-05-11 · latest 2026-02-16

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  1. …the terminal steam locomotive. I mistype it every couple months and it always gives me a laugh. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by bobbiechen · 2025-06-19 · in Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry
  2. …a no-go for me, it would interfere with my favorite command-line utility, `sl` - Steam Locomotive https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by GauntletWizard · 2024-12-10 · in Ask HN: Git Alternatives – Sapling vs. Jj
  3. …name for the command (sl) conflicts with a command-line tool that's essential for my workflow: https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by yellowapple · 2024-09-10 · in Sapling: Source control that's user-friendly and scalable (2022)
  4. Alas, sl is a command name already well taken. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by anotherhue · 2024-02-04 · in Sapling – A VCS from Meta
  5. Another similarly whimsical command is `sl`. (purportedly a common mistyping of ls) https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by doctor_phil · 2023-10-24 · in Show HN: Paclear – A Fun Twist on the 'Clear' Command with Pac-Man Animation
  6. You should install https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl as a hardening measure.
    comment by jwilk · 2023-07-02 · in Git-landmine – Create local malicious Git repo
  7. Their CLI is going to interfere with the other `sl` command: https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by overlisted · 2022-11-16 · in Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client
  8. Nooooooooooo. Whatever is to come of my cute animations! [Think of the trains!]( https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl )
    comment by chaxor · 2022-11-16 · in Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client
  9. Command name conflicts with the `sl` utility that has existed for decades. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by msarnoff · 2022-11-15 · in Sapling: A new source control system with Git-compatible client
  10. …command line, I highly recommend ‘sl’ as a first command - my two-year-old had never forgotten it: https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by bradleybuda · 2022-05-08 · in How many Linux commands can a 7 year old learn?
  11. see also: https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl (available packaged in most linux/bsd distributions)
    comment by 5- · 2021-10-27 · in Exa: An alternative to Ls
  12. …it blocks control-c so you have to sit through the whole thing or until you figure out control-z. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl/blob/master/sl.c#L93
    comment by shric · 2020-02-05 · in Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick
  13. I'm a fan of Steam Locomotive personally - https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by bobbiechen · 2020-02-05 · in Show HN: I Am Pickle Rick
  14. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl > SL (Steam Locomotive) runs across your terminal when you type "sl" as you meant to type "ls". It's just a joke command, and not useful at all.
    comment by 0xcde4c3db · 2018-12-06 · in Ask HN: What is the funniest and stupidest software project you know?
  15. I like to add "install https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl" to my companies "Getting started" documentation to prank new hires. Great fun!
    comment by p3llin0r3 · 2018-03-30 · in Sl: a mirror version of ls
  16. Not to be confounded with the other project of the same name (and with the same purpose) https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by staz · 2018-03-30 · in Sl: a mirror version of ls
  17. https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl/pull/51
    comment by tbodt · 2017-10-27 · in Suicide Linux
  18. …aren't alone, since commands that punish you when you mistype exist. Check out sl[0] or gti[1]. [0] https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl [1] http://r-wos.org/hacks/gti
    comment by Wilya · 2017-09-27 · in Git git git git git
  19. sl [0] is always my favorite. [0] https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
    comment by mushiake · 2017-04-06 · in Fun at the Unix Terminal
  20. …yield any suggestion. Neither did `fskc`. A similar utility that actually helps is thefuck [1]. [0] https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl [1] https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
    comment by 0xmohit · 2016-09-06 · in NoFAQ – A tool that corrects your console commands
  21. …is very annoying, thankfully it can be disabled. This is my preferred spellcheck solution ;^) https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl All that being said, zsh is a really cool piece of software. It's one of those things I've always wanted to really…
    comment by oinksoft · 2013-05-11 · in How zsh is more useful than bash