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Isn't it better though to omit the -v switch and do `ls *` and/or `tree` afterwards? That gives you the same information but structured so it's much easier to u
by semi-extrinsic 11y ago
Isn't it better though to omit the -v switch and do `ls *` and/or `tree` afterwards? That gives you the same information but structured so it's much easier to understand.
- pwaring 11y agoThe advantage of -v is that you can see what is being extracted as it happens. This is useful if you have a tarball with thousands of small files, as otherwise it's hard to tell whether tar has got stuck or there are just a lot of files.