this is from this post on !linuxhumor@lemmy.ml
You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning
Some commands to confuse the newbies (post from GNU+Linux Humor)
this is from this post on !linuxhumor@lemmy.ml
You can find an explanation there if you are confused or learning
20 Comments
boblemmy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 3y
alias ls=exitmadeindjs@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y
You are the evil
TickleMeElmo@discuss.tchncs.de · 25 pts · 3y
Nah, that's just chaotic. Evil would be
export EDITOR=rm
CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world · 17 pts · 3y
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !linuxhumor@lemmy.ml
madeindjs@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 3y
As always, there is an xkdc about this
matricaria@feddit.de · 14 pts · 3y
tar -xzf(eXtract Ze File)tar -czf(Compress Ze File)eyvind@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Mmmnnn z means (de)compress, c means create:
-xfand-cfextract and create uncompressed tarballs. Also it’s far more complicated.matricaria@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
I’m sorry!
boom
Joe_0237@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Tangentially related. I'm being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.
marcos@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
For newbies that know from the top of their head what a cd-rom is...
Joe_0237@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y
Fair point. You can probably be 20 these days and not have really used CDs in your memory. Is this what getting old feels like?
spauldo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Speaking as someone that grew up with records, 8-tracks, and cassettes: yes, yes it is.
matricaria@feddit.de · 9 pts · 3y
In Vim:
:Sexnekomusumeninaritai@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 3y
It's also helpful to note that “shell builtins” don't typically have man pages (at least for BASH). You can find help on these commands by typing
[builtin name] --helpor looking in the shell's man page or info doc (no one told me when I was learning, so I got confused as to why some of the more common commands didn't have man pages)bi_tux@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 3y
Once when I was drunk it took me 5min to realise, that a cd rom is in fact a read only file system
TurtleTourParty@midwest.social · 4 pts · 3y
Does this mean that a cd-rw is not in fact a CD rom?
aidan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Correct
poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 3y
Change Directory -> Read Only Media