Every tool author should use https://xdgbasedirectoryspecification.com/
For applications that do not respect this, the closest you can do is symlinks.
Didn’t know this, this is good to know
now do
ls -lals -laskh --colorls -laZ if you want to read the “do not touch my stuff” labels
Zthe sacred and most important of flags
Now every object is stacked in an extremely tall tower, but at least they’re alphabetized.
This reminds me that my
Downloadsfolder is like the attic. I don’t fearls -ain~, but I fear what I will find if I wander intoDownloadsunprepared.I constantly clear downloads, idk how people can stand the clutter every time they want to find something
I have a script that sorts old downloads into folders by year and month. I’m afraid to open the folders but also don’t want to delete them 🤣
Sort by date and at least vaguely remember when I downloaded it.
Its like archaeology
Dolphin has a built in filter bar that you can enable, so I just start typing the thing. I know we’re talking command line, but I mostly interact with files through Dolphin
Is that dresser sitting on some kind of raised platform? I don’t understand what is going on in that back corner.
No it’s just an optical illusion with the rug ending and the dark wood floor reappearing
The rug is either folded up to run against the wall, or there is some kind of triangular object there.
It’s the rug and lighting, but I see what your saying. It makes like a depth perception illusion. It is flat though
Edit: there’s also some kind of triangular, concave? object next to the dresser in the first photo. It tripped me up without even realizing it at first
Oh shit, triangular object. I see it now thank you. That was driving me nuts.
I feel so seen, so… so… touched (by so very many processes).
ls -A*
why see the . and … directories?I want to be sure they haven’t gone missing!
They literally cannot.
Unless it’s the / directory. Even then, . is still standing.
Just tested it (GNU coreutils 9.8 on nixos, root on zfs) and
..still exists in/, but seems to be the same as.
Gotta know your roots
This is just the ADHD maneuver in picture form.
