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> without needing to worry about command line arguments. For example, people are generally satisfied with .tar. I have to google the extract arguments for tar
by jrcii 10y ago
> without needing to worry about command line arguments. For example, people are generally satisfied with .tar.
I have to google the extract arguments for tar every single time I use it. What was it again, -xfv?
- ivanhoe 10y agoSorry for offtopic, but I find it strange that so many people find it hard to remember, it's just: e(x)tract, be (v)erbose and use (f)ile. If it was gzipped add -z. If you're compressing the file use -c (for compress) instead of -x. To me it was one of the easier commands to memorize...
- jagger27 10y agoA few extra tips for tar: -xvf is sufficient even if the archive is compressed The dash is optional as well. tar xvf archive.tar.gz works just fine.
- brbsix 10y agoRight near the top of `tar --help`: tar -xf archive.tar # Extract all files from archive.tar. If you work with lots of different types of archives or have a hard time remembering the various tools and arguments, I recommend dtrx (Do The Right Extraction). Super simple and it ensures you don't accidentally dump a whole directory tree somewhere it shouldn't. Assuming you have pip and hg installed, you can install the latest version to your user site with the following command: pip2 install --user hg+http://www.brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/dtrx Then all you have to remember is `dtrx ARCHIVE...`