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Define arcane. You can type "man dd" and acquire the required knowledge, it is not hidden. Whatever the intention was the syntax is simple and pleasant to use,
by kukx 6y ago
Define arcane. You can type "man dd" and acquire the required knowledge, it is not hidden. Whatever the intention was the syntax is simple and pleasant to use, at least for me ;)
- colejohnson66 6y agoIt’s not arcane in the sense of “unknown”, but arcane in the sense of “bizarre” or “why is it like this?” Almost every other Unix/Linux tool would use `--if {if}` not `if={if}`.