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-x means extract -f means force and my favorite to put in there is: -v for verbose This shows you all of the files being processed, sometimes it can

by err4nt 11y ago

-x means extract -f means force and my favorite to put in there is: -v for verbose This shows you all of the files being processed, sometimes it can be really helpful to see. Try: tar -xvf <filename>

mabo 11y ago
Actually, -f makes tar read from a file instead of stdin.
- err4nt 11y ago
  indeed http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-xvf http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=tar+-xvf