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99% of the time I'm using curl/wget is to download a compressed file. So, for me, `curl | tar` is shorter than `wget -O - | tar`, and much better than `wget` ->
by _almosnow 12y ago
99% of the time I'm using curl/wget is to download a compressed file. So, for me, `curl | tar` is shorter than `wget -O - | tar`, and much better than `wget` -> download -> decompress -> delete the file.
- LeonidasXIV 12y agoI don't trust tarballs to decompress cleanly and not explode into umpteen smaller files which I have to hunt in my download folder.