alecsargent@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoThat is a lot of flagslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1605arrow-down1external-linkThat is a lot of flagslemmy.zipalecsargent@lemmy.zip to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square117linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJakoJakoJako13@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·23 hours agoI saw tar -xvf 13 years ago and have been using it ever since.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·22 hours agoI just use tar xf (extract file). Not sure, if that would’ve already worked 13 years ago…
minus-squareHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 hours agoUse “tvf” (or tvzf or tvJf) first to make sure the files are nested nicely and not about to splooge all over your home directory.
minus-squareneidu4@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoSame. And if it’s compressed you just add the appropriate shorthand in the letter soup somewhere in the middle: z for gzip j for bzip (for some reason) …and I’m sure the other common algorithms have associated letters in tar. If not, pipe it
minus-squareジン@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 hours agosame. One of those commands I only ever see with a specific set of flags that makes me wonder why or how flags are even useful for most users
I saw tar -xvf 13 years ago and have been using it ever since.
I just use
tar xf(extract file). Not sure, if that would’ve already worked 13 years ago…Use “tvf” (or tvzf or tvJf) first to make sure the files are nested nicely and not about to splooge all over your home directory.
Same. And if it’s compressed you just add the appropriate shorthand in the letter soup somewhere in the middle:
z for gzip j for bzip (for some reason)
…and I’m sure the other common algorithms have associated letters in tar. If not, pipe it
same. One of those commands I only ever see with a specific set of flags that makes me wonder why or how flags are even useful for most users