LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOld XKCD, still relevantlemmy.dbzer0.comLainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoSomehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head: tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoThe bomb runs AIX. I’m sorry, you’re dead
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agotar zxvf filename.tar.gz file?
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 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-up0·11 months agoSame, never used a mnemonic for it or anything, just zxvf Like it’s any other word
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agoz=zip (default in most tar), x=eXtract, v=verbose (not needed in most cases), f=target
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoverbose … not needed? If the words don’t happen how can I trust computer magic?
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoYeah, how do I know that the PC isn’t slacking?
minus-squarefar_university1990@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 months agotar xzvf eXtract Ze Vucking File
minus-squareBread@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI have to do this command often at work and I can never remember the letters perfectly. This is actually useful, thanks!
Somehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head:
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?
Monitor the room temperature.
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!