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minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up20·10 days agoWhat do you mean? Explicitly having to set if= and of= is way harder to screw up than mixing up the order of arguments for e.g. cp.
minus-squaredebil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·10 days agoUnless you forget what if and of mean. With cp it’s simply “cp what where”. Never had problems remembering that.
minus-squareinsufferableninja@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 days agois it really hard to remember infile and outfile?
minus-squaredebil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 days agoNo, but you’re just typing if and of, not infile and outfile, and the letters are right next to each other on a qwerty kbd. One can haphazardly misuse a lot of commands, it’s just that some commands may lead to nastier outcomes than others.
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoI never had any problems with cp either. But the post makes it seem like dd is somehow more error prone, which makes no sense to me
minus-squaredebil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 days agoWell, usually dd is not used as often as cp, so there’s a bigger chance of messing up the parameters, unless you’re careful and rtfm first.
What do you mean? Explicitly having to set
if=andof=is way harder to screw up than mixing up the order of arguments for e.g.cp.Unless you forget what if and of mean. With
cpit’s simply “cp what where”. Never had problems remembering that.is it really hard to remember infile and outfile?
No, but you’re just typing if and of, not infile and outfile, and the letters are right next to each other on a qwerty kbd. One can haphazardly misuse a lot of commands, it’s just that some commands may lead to nastier outcomes than others.
I never had any problems with
cpeither. But the post makes it seem likeddis somehow more error prone, which makes no sense to meWell, usually dd is not used as often as cp, so there’s a bigger chance of messing up the parameters, unless you’re careful and rtfm first.