As always, there is an xkdc about this
Programmer Humor
Post funny things about programming here! (Or just rant about your favourite programming language.)
Rules:
- Posts must be relevant to programming, programmers, or computer science.
- No NSFW content.
- Jokes must be in good taste. No hate speech, bigotry, etc.
tar -xzf
(eXtract Ze File)
tar -czf
(Compress Ze File)
Mmmnnn z means (de)compress, c means create: -xf
and -cf
extract and create uncompressed tarballs. Also it’s far more complicated.
I’m sorry!
boom
Tangentially related. I'm being confusing for educational purposes, tar is impossible even if you know it.
alias ls=exit
You are the evil
Nah, that's just chaotic. Evil would be
export EDITOR=rm
In Vim:
:Sex
For newbies that know from the top of their head what a cd-rom is...
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?
Speaking as someone that grew up with records, 8-tracks, and cassettes: yes, yes it is.