It’s probably there just because it was one of the many files preinstalled on one of Epstein’s computers that the FBI nabbed. Still funny.
From Libera IRC channel
#bash:The Bash Reference Manual in the Epstein files is very outdated.
Please read https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html instead.So the Epstein files are a derivative work and need to be released in full as per the GPL?
Thank fuck I switched to Zsh
I hate how I need to put URLs in quotes now that I switched to zsh. But over 2025 I finally internalized the fact that I have to.
Otherwise, as a CLI novice, I have not noticed much being different.
(macOS, I finally ran the command to migrate a year or two ago)
Look into “Oh My Zsh” or similar plugin managers. OMZ is bloated as fuuuck and you’ll probably want to replace it with your own custom configs at some point, but it’s the easiest way to see what a decked out zsh feels like. It’s a good starting point for sure.
Personally I’m down to just 4 plugins with minor config tweaks on top of a bare zsh install. I’ve read good things about Starship but I’m happy with my current setup.
You can also try fish, to see what a decked out zsh feels like. 😇
Possible they’re just chucking random bs in there to make it harder to find the worst stuff?
“The Epstein files contain the entirety of Project Gutenberg in twenty different fonts.”
Richard Stallman on the files.
https://stallmansupport.org/
we should all know this by now
