What this snippet does
An archive built with absolute paths can overwrite system files; extract into a scratch dir first.
Why practise typing this
Typing archives & transfer code builds muscle memory for the symbols and indentation Linux uses most, which prose-based typing tests never cover. DevType measures your words per minute and accuracy on this snippet and tracks the individual characters you mistype, so later lessons can target them.
More Linux practice
- Creating a compressed archiveArchives & Transfer · beginner
- Extracting to a directoryArchives & Transfer · beginner
- Listing an archive before extractingArchives & Transfer · intermediate
- Mirroring a directoryArchives & Transfer · intermediate
- The trailing slash changes everythingArchives & Transfer · intermediate
- Resuming a large transferArchives & Transfer · advanced