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minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1168/
minus-squaredrkt@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agotar -xvf <archive-name> but only because I had to look it up twice so now my brain has committed it to memory I don’t even know what it does
minus-squarenutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoi just use unar (unarchive) nowadays, since that works with all file formats iirc
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoExtract a tarball with verbose output from the specified file. And learn how to use the ‘z’ option
minus-squareIsoKiero@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoUnfortunately that’s not valid. $ tar -h tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information. From man-page: -h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1168/
tar --helptar -xvf <archive-name>
but only because I had to look it up twice so now my brain has committed it to memory
I don’t even know what it does
i just use unar (unarchive) nowadays, since that works with all file formats iirc
Extract a tarball with verbose output from the specified file.
And learn how to use the ‘z’ option
tar - h
Unfortunately that’s not valid.
$ tar -h tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.From man-page:
-h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point toDamn.
Thanks, we all died.
:)