Linux

I didn't know about auto-compress, thanks!

i leave off the dash ;)

Saved this. Just like I did for tens of tar cheat sheets before. No, I won't remember it exists when I'll need to use tar. I will google it. I'll read that Stack Overflow page again. I will not enjoy it.

T_T

I'll keep using TLDR, best cli command ever.

tar, please eXtract the Vucking File!

tar -xvf tarbomb.tar.

I personally just use tldr to figure out how it's done.

My tar command is tldr tar then ctrl + c / ctrl + v

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.

daily-standup.png eh... :)

Who is taking pics of the standup.. :)

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

I just use atool (archive tool) instead. It works the same for any common compression format (tar, gzip, zip, 7zip, rar, etc) and comes with handy aliases like apack and aunpack obsoleting the need to memorize options.

I've written a CLI tool in Rust as a front end to tar with gzip called Targez.

It can definitely just be done with an alias instead, but you can give it a try if you prefer something installable.

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

I just have pack and extract functions in my shell RC files that look at file extensions and use the proper tool with proper arguments.

Wrote them 10 years ago and they've worked flawlessly ever since!

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