What other arcane unix utilities aren't as difficult as they appear to newbies?
>sed
>arcane
Well it looks that way when you've never used it and the only examples you seen are
sed "\/\/\/\/\/\////\/\/\//\\\/\/\//\/\/\a/fadf\awe/f\/\a/efa\wes/f\aw\/\/\/\
>>51907391
tar is famous for being "impossible to use" without googling it, yet it only takes 3 flags to do 99% of tasks with it.tar -cvzf whatever.tar.gz whatever
c - create
v - verbose
z - pass to gzip (z for gzip, j for bzip2, J for xz)
f - filename
to extract just use x instead of c.tar -xvzf whatever.tar.gz
>>51907672
zsh master race desu senpai~ ยป tar -
-- tar function --
A -- append to an archive
c -- create a new archive
f -- specify archive file or device
t -- list archive contents
u -- update archive
v -- verbose output
x -- extract files from an archive
>>51907469
Why even use / as a separator at that point?
>>51907672
>famous for being "impossible to use" without googling it
First time I've heard this. x/c/t to specify action, x/j/J/Z to specify compression format, f mandatory unless you're piping. Combine in any order. No dash required.
>>51907391
drink deeply anon:
http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/sedawk/
Is "mosh" arcane? "Screen"? I kept having problems staying connected through ssh to a Unix box because my Wifi was disconnecting every time my computer went to sleep. So, now I use mosh and even when I get disconnected, I can get back to the very same shell I was using before. And if I use screen, it is even better because I can get back into the same screens I had running.
I don't know if that's arcane, but it sure is useful.
>>51909624
Clear, cool water. Add in regexes and you've got everything you need to rule the world.
sed, awk
>>51909713
sed, awk, whisky, and women.
>>51909713
Which is superior, sed or awk?
>>51909928
Right tool for the job.
Awk can do everything sed can but you wouldn't want to.
>>51909624
>http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/sedawk/
http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/index.html
Thanks for the link!
>>51910053
UNIX Power Tools is a great book, too.
Unix Power Tools is a great book.
>>51907672
>xzf = eXtract Ze File
>czf = Compress Ze File
>>51909637
You can increase ServerAliveCountMax and/or ServerAliveInterval in your .ssh/config to give you more time to reconnect before the connection dies (can also be configured server-side in /etc/ssh/sshd_config). I use it with my sshfs mount to prevent the filesystem from hanging when the network goes down temporarily (e.g. when I close the lid on my laptop).
>>51911675
>xfz = exif - whatever, something, compression
>zfc = Zermelo-Fraenkel choice
That's the mnemonics I use.
