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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by ph4evers on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @04:05AM (#37655996)
Except for tar. But there I use the mnemonic “xtrackt ze files”
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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by contravariant on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:26AM (#37656641)
That may work, but I can never for the life of me remember what on earth each flag was for.

Doesn't help that '-a' basically means 'all the flags', meaning you have to know them all to figure out what on earth it's doing. Or just hope it is enough.

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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by 3np on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:27AM (#37657695)
Neat. Now do rsync.
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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by actionfromafar on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:55AM (#37661209)
tab trailing slash
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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by Izkata on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @09:11AM (#37658781)
For tar, I have memorized: x, c, z, j, v, f

The trick with tar that people seem to have issues with is the ordering with "f" - since it takes an argument, if you're using the combined short form it has to be last with the filename immediately following.

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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better by Einenlum on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @07:34PM (#37667401)
Since a few years I only use dtrx. https://github.com/dtrx-py/dtrx/ I never have to learn this kind of stuff anymore.
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