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Old XKCD, still relevant (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck

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[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 3 months ago

tar --help

[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

tar x

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Somehow, idk why. This one is stuck in my head:

tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz
[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The bomb runs AIX. I'm sorry, you're dead

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

tar zxvf filename.tar.gz file?

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope, tar doesn't handle compression on AIX. So it would be something like gzip -cd filename.tar.gz | tar xvf -

[–] far_university1990@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

tar xzvf

eXtract Ze Vucking File

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Same, never used a mnemonic for it or anything, just

zxvf

Like it's any other word

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

z=zip (default in most tar), x=eXtract, v=verbose (not needed in most cases), f=target

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

tar -czvf tar_name.tar.gz ./

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I even read this aloud in my head as "CREATE ZE VUCKING FILE" in a particularly bad German accent same as over 20 years ago when a friend I worked for drilled it in my head.

[–] RealPuyo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Read it in tf2 medics voice

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children) 
tar -h
[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just tar, no arguments. Does nothing, still a valid command, no?

[–] foobaz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Exit code 2 -> boom

[–] oleorun@real.lemmy.fan 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

tar --help

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s tar -h