interdimensionalmeme to Linux · 4 days agozcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !message-squaremessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1message-squarezcat shouldn't error out if you try to zcat an uncompressed file, it should just output the damned file !interdimensionalmeme to Linux · 4 days agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareinterdimensionalmemeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWell in this particular case, zcat failing with error on uncompressed text isn’t a behaviour worth preserving. It should do the expected zcat behaviour, which is just print the text. I have a hard time imagining a scenario where you call zcat and would prefer an error rather than a useable output
Well in this particular case, zcat failing with error on uncompressed text isn’t a behaviour worth preserving.
It should do the expected zcat behaviour, which is just print the text.
I have a hard time imagining a scenario where you call zcat and would prefer an error rather than a useable output