[SOLVED] foo and faa keywords.

yogeshjadhav96 · 10-05-2015, 10:06 PM

Hi All,

I have seen 'foo' and 'faa' keywords many times while watching Linux and database tutorials. Do they have any meaning?

Thanks in Advance,
Yogesh

frankbell · 10-05-2015, 10:14 PM

They are simply, for lack of a better word, placeholders. There is no "foo" or "faa."

For example, if you read a tutorial that says

Code:

tar -xvf foo.tar.gz

"foo" is shorthand for "insert file name here."

Afterthought:

That was a really good question. I fully understand asking it.

yogeshjadhav96 · 10-05-2015, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankbell

That was a really good question. I fully understand asking it.

Thanks frankbell

frankbell · 10-05-2015, 11:20 PM

You are most welcome.

zhjim · 10-06-2015, 02:33 AM

The RFC of foo: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

That ones quite nice: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...of-foo-and-bar

frankbell · 10-06-2015, 05:31 PM

zhjim, a most interesting link.

yogeshjadhav96 · 10-06-2015, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zhjim

The RFC of foo: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3092

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar

That ones quite nice: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4...of-foo-and-bar

Thanks Zhjim