Aria DesiresApr 13, 2023
every flag on `unzip` has the most cursed docs i've ever seen https://linux.die.net/man/1/unzip
unzip(1) - Linux man page

unzip will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The default behavior (with no options) is to extract into the ...

Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 15, 2023

@Gankra unlike #tar where you just have to imagine some german with horrible accident to remember the flags like:

"xtract ze filez" and "compress ze files"...

Show threadThomas Hurst

@kkarhan @Gankra Modern GNU and BSD tar auto-detect format from file headers when decompressing, and from the file name you give to '-f' when you compress with the '-a' flag.

BSD tar also supports zip files, amongst other things (cpio, rar, 7z, iso, lha, shar...)

Apr 15, 2023 at 12:57pmWeb