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When the title says "Quickly copy a file..." it is reasonable to assume that we're talking about something quicker/easier then at least the most obvious ways to copy. But if we're talking about something you made just because you wanted to - it is more appropriate to present it as something like "Yet another way to copy a file..." - or, better yet, clearly state how your way is different from a million existing ways.

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Don't forget also the "yet another HN karma or attaboy builder".

(Having spent years doing minor little things that nobody ever would care to hear about (back in the day) I can of course fully understand the positive aspects of the mental process. You learn something and perhaps people leave comments that make you feel good which spurs you on to do better things.)

Haha, that certainly is not the case. I made a tool, found it useful, a few of my other friends find it useful, so I posted it.

Some people voted it up, I can't control that. I really could care less about karma, in fact, the critical comments (except yours) have been very useful and worth the post.

I am just being part of a community.

I made it because with the nc solution, it still required knowing the hostname.

I now see though that ncp (http://www.fefe.de/ncp/) would have probably sufficed, though it is a slightly different approach.

Sorry if you feel mislead.

If you read the `nc` manpage, you'd notice that the -n option on osx and debian disables host lookup and that hostname is defined as

     hostname can be a numerical IP address or a symbolic hostname (unless the
     -n option is given).  In general, a hostname must be specified, unless
     the -l option is given (in which case the local host is used).

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