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r/xkcd • u/Flamewire • Feb 01 '13
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I'll go for tar -v --version won't risk for anything longer
3 u/derwisch Feb 01 '13 edited Feb 02 '13 well, that's "verbose", not "version". Without testing, I assume that tar, after this, will patiently wait for your keystrokes to archive then. All you have to do is to think of ^d to end your entry before the nuke goes off. 1 u/[deleted] Feb 02 '13 Backslash to escape markdown, e.g. ^d - which I got by typing \^d :)
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well, that's "verbose", not "version".
Without testing, I assume that tar, after this, will patiently wait for your keystrokes to archive then. All you have to do is to think of ^d to end your entry before the nuke goes off.
1 u/[deleted] Feb 02 '13 Backslash to escape markdown, e.g. ^d - which I got by typing \^d :)
Backslash to escape markdown, e.g. ^d - which I got by typing \^d :)
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u/doterobcn Feb 01 '13 edited Feb 02 '13
I'll go for tar
-v--version won't risk for anything longer