interdimensionalmeme to Linux · 16 hours agozcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squarezcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !interdimensionalmeme to Linux · 16 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinterdimensionalmemeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoEven a corrupt compressed files has a very different structure relative to plain text. “file” already has the code to detect exactly which. Still, failing on corrupted compression instead of failing on plaintext would be an improvement.
Even a corrupt compressed files has a very different structure relative to plain text. “file” already has the code to detect exactly which.
Still, failing on corrupted compression instead of failing on plaintext would be an improvement.