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0 pointsencom7mo ago0 comments

It's very similar to every other CLI program, I really don't understand what kind of usability issue you're implying is unique to tar?

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mrguyorama7mo ago

As has been clearly demonstrated in this very thread, why is "Please list what files are in this archive" the option "-t"?

Principle of least surprise and all that.

encomOP7mo ago

And why is -v the short option for --invert-match in grep, when that's usually --verbose or --version in lots of other places. These idiosyncrasies are hardly unique to tar.

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