Discussion on: Basic UNIX commands

[Moritz Schramm]

I really do love tar -xfv test.tar and ls -lisa

[Carl Schelin]

I typically use ls -lart :) (the a isn't necessary but it is appropriate ;) )

[Ben Sinclair]

I understand why you do that and it spoils it a little to add a letter - but my only common use case apart from a normal ls is ls -larth.

[Jérémy Levron]

If I understand correctly, you can chain options? -xfv means -x, then -f, then -v, is it correct?

[David Woodward]

This is correct (of most commands)! Some more complex ones can't be chained.

For example, you can't chain --this-is-an-arg and --this-too-is-an-arg but individual letters are usually fine.

[michaeltd]

If you find your self puzzled by the various archive extensions then this is for you. Linux CLI unpack unification script.

pastebin.com/wNCP166T

(Excuse the shameless plug btw)