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Somewhat OT, but some commands can be annoyingly inconsistent and/or confusing as well. Examples:
cp
requires the-r
flag to copy directories recursively, whilemv
does not need any additional flags.find
searches for files in real-time based on various criteria, whilelocate
uses a pre-built database to find files quickly. I know they have separate use cases, but for beginners...The
zip
syntax is straightforward for both archiving and compressing. For example,zip archive.zip file1 file2
. Thetar
syntax on the other hand is confusing, especially when adding compression. I mean, look at this bad boy:tar -czvf archive.tar.gz file1 file2
.Wonder if I should post this under !unpopularopinion@lemmy.world. 😄
but how would you mv something without moving all it contains?
is there a non -r use case? 🤔
I see it as: mv is just renaming a file, in this case a directory file, with a different full name (path)