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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or -I 'compress-command' -cf ... if not supported.

[–] h_a_r_u_k_i@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Nowaday I have ChatGPT spew me command. I usually do a quick validation before running. Nevertheless, most of simple operations are correct so I don't need to.

I then note the command to my persional gist cheatsheet. Next time, since the command is "cached", I'll be able to be productive quicker.

So much better than googling.

[–] exu@feditown.com 2 points 2 years ago

That looks really cool. And finally a guide that knows -z is not necessary all the time.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So a serious question from someone who can't remember console commands ever despite using them constantly.

Why are so many linux CLI commands set up with defaults that no one ever uses? Like if you pretty much always need -f, -v is often used, and --auto-compress is needed to recognize type by extension. Why aren't those the defaults to just using tar?

A lot of applications I find are like this too, they don't come with defaults that work or that anyone would ever use.

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[–] Magister@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Damn, I'm using the "tape archiver" (this is what tar means) since I installed HPUX8 in the 90s, from tape, yes...

[–] Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

OMG always assumed that -c always stands for "compress" and I always placed .gz at the end to remember to place -x when extracting

[–] ptrckstr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I always use tldr for these things, super handy to have.

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[–] karet@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Check out atool

[–] xinayder@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't you have to specify the compression algorithm when extracting? I always use tar -xzf for gzip files and if I remove -z it just fails.

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I've been using only xf for a long time now. Don't remember ever getting an error from it in the last years. Maybe tar can now check the magic number or something to figure out what the format is?

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

Do more like this (・へ・)

[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

great, now how do I use it together with the 'feather' command?

[–] bullshitter@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] anteaters@feddit.de -5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

tar is just the worst shell command in existence. Why do people still bother with it?

[–] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

I use zip/unzip if I have the option

[–] anteaters@feddit.de -3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I avoid it and use zip or 7z if I can. But for some crazy reason some people stil insist on using that garbage tool and I have no idea why.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Because everyone else does, and if everyone else does, then I must, and if I do, then everyone else must, and then everyone else does.

Repeat loop.

[–] anteaters@feddit.de -5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For all I care it goes on the same garbage dump as LaTeX.

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[–] PuppyOSAndCoffee@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (6 children)

You do you. Compression is waste of time; storage is cheap in that you can get more, but time? Time, you never get back.

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[–] ccunix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

You've never used find have you? Let's not even get started on the config file syntax for sendmail either.

[–] qirenni@mastodon.social 0 points 2 years ago

@anteaters @sebastiancarlos a little knowledge really is a dangerous thing

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