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Post #AxjggWXqOzLCkkc2y0 by [email protected] |
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If you're new to the Unix or Linux command line, I just want you to know:Me… |
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Post #AxjhA9OT2gLzddLztI by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft And which way the arguments go. Target first or target last? I neve… |
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Post #AxjhUYX3HtrTOa6DOi by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft if anyone here has any mnemonic to remember this stuff... ^^ |
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Post #AxjhtYEBYXkjgvC2BU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Naaaa, it's quite easy, if I may:Use -s if you want a symbolic li… |
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Post #AxjiGZ0Mphb8lIheGO by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft This struck me as odd for a few reasons.1. The main confusion with ln… |
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Post #AxjiZEB0UqZtfLZyym by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I always have to remember the options for `ln`, and I've been usi… |
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Post #AxjipGJYJe1yvhDqIi by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft remember that if you dont give a second argument, it will link with t… |
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Post #Axjk8Xmrg0Z0Zogu4u by [email protected] |
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@grefeng @nixCraft from/to will mess your brain. It's ln [-s] <mandatory… |
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Post #AxjkCu2St5TIkO4Asa by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Mine is "why isn't 'bc -l' the default?" |
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Post #AxjkGHkfBE0h9zLvHs by [email protected] |
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@glitzersachen @nixCraft +1 |
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Post #AxjkGWB3XtRNttoCMy by [email protected] |
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@NK30 @glitzersachen @nixCraft me too. If I stop to think about it I always get… |
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Post #AxjkKZN7btEQy0NsWW by [email protected] |
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@lemgandi @nixCraft it’s as same as cp or mv: source target |
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Post #AxjkMcF1udDiRgZi2i by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft `cp -s` and `cp -l` are easy to remember and share argument order wi… |
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Post #AxjkNgeqyf5oQtAGSO by [email protected] |
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@_hic_haec_hoc @NK30 @nixCraft My phrase to remember is "same argument ord… |
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Post #AxjkNsHBmTIGSyBXEm by [email protected] |
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@BillJelavich @nixCraft too late, it's in my motoric memory |
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Post #AxjkUTOmfnODKxssMK by [email protected] |
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@bonkers @nixCraft Mine motoric memory is egrepthe youngs just laugh at me, but… |
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Post #Axjka2AsnyGMdl295c by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft hmmm, always use ln -s and you're safe - no confusion, no "o… |
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Post #AxjkrL004M7DwjC6b2 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft my muscle memory always adds the ' -s' to ln. If the result i… |
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Post #AxjmZ0wg5aXeRm1y40 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft useradd vs adduser - have to read up, EVERY SINGLE TIME! |
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Post #Axjmz4gEpFafYklenQ by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I will never be able to remember the order of parameters for `ln`I ha… |
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Post #AxjphhtAbt73oSE6yG by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I ALWAYS have to precede an actual `ln` command with `ln --help` 🤯 |
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Post #Axjr0Bt1uxyI12XSXQ by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft omg, so true. I think I need to add whoever wrote it to the list of &… |
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Post #AxjrUMwFOLGCypQwoS by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft ha same 🤣 |
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Post #AxjrnMzVQ7oWe41BRI by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft i feel seen ☺ |
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Post #Axjrv2l6Wl7oDEwP4q by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft alias softlink="ln -s"alias hardlink-like-i-mean-it="l… |
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Post #Axjs8bfs1Ve6GXxbBA by [email protected] |
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Many of the Linux shell commands are syntactically disorganized, unstructured a… |
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Post #AxjtnGlclDDhFabZKa by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft user@host $ tldr ln |
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Post #AxjuRd2TNFLFuNjLxQ by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I know "-s" means "soft" but I always think of it… |
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Post #Axjv3Reo8glnc3h48e by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft "recursive":chmod and chown: -Rcp: -r or -Rscp: -r🤬🤬�… |
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Post #AxjvLkx98Wpufc0Eng by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I settled many years ago on “just use `ln -s` and if it doesn't… |
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Post #AxjwphUYfYP2ZrTPEm by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Phew! I thought it was just me. |
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Post #AxkHCF6gMuiqHoKdjU by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Simple solution: Always use -sIt is not like you should have to use … |
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Post #AxkI551bYQsgwe6arA by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft "ls" is typed with six backspaces. |
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Post #AxkXdaZEHmITvikJwu by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft 25+ years of using Unix and Linux and I have never once used ln witho… |
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Post #AxkhECFkXzqap5AJs0 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft https://xkcd.com/1168/Obligatory XKCD. |
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Post #AxkmdNiJZbP3NVM41I by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft ah, so it’s not just a local problem 🫢 |
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Post #Axmub6arRVcDeQDKDI by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft Relatable |
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Post #AxvTpVALvlwjZk5uy0 by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] I always have problem remembering whether it's ln… |
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Post #AxvTprR788QSe66c9A by [email protected] |
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@hakona , don't get me wrong, the docs are great. It is my brain that is at… |
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Post #AxvTqb6TLDFMHOnmMK by [email protected] |
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@glitzersachen @nixCraft The way I remember this is that the last path is the o… |
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Post #AxvTqbEypa3IhmmZcW by [email protected] |
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Whenever I copy, link, or move to a directory foo (keeping the name), I make th… |
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Post #AxvTqbMmMaI55yQnmC by [email protected] |
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@vnikolov @drahardja @nixCraft Does it make any difference for cp? |
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Post #AxvTrVAIu9aO9V1d6e by [email protected] |
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Indeed.Making hard links has been a rare case for a long time.@obot50549535 @ni… |
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Post #AxvTrnJpPTtqSFcUS0 by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft @rk But isn't it possible to invoke it as ln SOURCE -s TARGET? :3c |
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Post #AxvTrxhwmf8OfwytQu by [email protected] |
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@lemgandi @nixCraft i struggled with that until i read somewhere that the order… |
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Post #AxvTsFxquGYJIUYqiu by [email protected] |
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@lemgandi @nixCraft same as cp |
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Post #AxvTsV7yWuYwKEPe5I by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft nobody has replied with https://xkcd.com/1168/ yet? |
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Post #AxvTshefx9qlB7nvii by [email protected] |
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You are right to ask,but I have this instead of a direct answer:As far as I am … |
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Post #AxvTskeQoWRATEiHFw by [email protected] |
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@BillJelavich @nixCraft auto indentation in vi is cringe, don't you agree |
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Post #AxvTstD6zSvp1705QG by [email protected] |
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@Slater450413 @nixCrafttar -cf archive.tar * tar -xf archive.taror perhaps more… |
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Post #AxvTtD3DDyteYCWSlk by [email protected] |
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@glitzersachen This, every single time. |
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Post #AxvTtQ7wbhPF6dpvRw by [email protected] |
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@obot50549535 I also used to have the same problem with the argument ordering u… |
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Post #AxvTtbQQbJjA99ZLHs by [email protected] |
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Mnemonic:copy/link/move from to@donutman @nixCraft |
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Post #AxvTu0H4DG5tDMNifQ by [email protected] |
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@_hic_haec_hoc @glitzersachen @nixCraft Thinking?I look into the man pageeverys… |
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Post #AxvTu1wE1ibwNIe6SW by [email protected] |
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@bonkers @nixCraft On Fridays before three day weekends I like to start some ta… |
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Post #AxvTuBTWZHavxBIK6y by [email protected] |
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@glitzersachen @nixCraft I think of it like cp. |
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Post #AxvTubrWSgEvn8ir7w by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft I can't think of a time that I've ever really used `ln` for h… |
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Post #AxvTunMlgqllTEQSrA by [email protected] |
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@lemgandi @nixCraft I don't think I've ever used it successfully withou… |
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Post #AxvTusbUDYVtiKLmzY by [email protected] |
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@nixCraft How I think about these two is to use ln -s for folders, or if the li… |
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Post #AxvTvga8Or8oic6PpI by [email protected] |
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@glitzersachen @nixCraft came here to say this |
