LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1889arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1875arrow-down1imageOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square155fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44·6 months agoSomehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head: tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
minus-squarefar_university1990@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up84·edit-26 months agotar xzvf eXtract Ze Vucking File
minus-squareBread@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoI have to do this command often at work and I can never remember the letters perfectly. This is actually useful, thanks!
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-26 months agoThe bomb runs AIX. I’m sorry, you’re dead
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-26 months agotar zxvf filename.tar.gz file?
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoNope, tar doesn’t handle compression on AIX. So it would be something like gzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoSame, never used a mnemonic for it or anything, just zxvf Like it’s any other word
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-26 months agoz=zip (default in most tar), x=eXtract, v=verbose (not needed in most cases), f=target
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoverbose … not needed? If the words don’t happen how can I trust computer magic?
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYeah, how do I know that the PC isn’t slacking?
Somehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head:
tar xzvf
eXtract Ze Vucking File
I have to do this command often at work and I can never remember the letters perfectly. This is actually useful, thanks!
The bomb runs AIX. I’m sorry, you’re dead
tar zxvf filename.tar.gz file?Nope,
tardoesn’t handle compression on AIX. So it would be something likegzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -Ugh.
Same, never used a mnemonic for it or anything, just
zxvf
Like it’s any other word
z=zip (default in most tar), x=eXtract, v=verbose (not needed in most cases), f=target
verbose … not needed?
If the words don’t happen how can I trust computer magic?
Yeah, how do I know that the PC isn’t slacking?