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"Unpack test.tar.gz without man pages or google" Ha, guess I'm not the only one :)

• sand500 10y ago
  Relevant xkcd : https://xkcd.com/1168/ https://xkcd.com/1168/
• nailer 10y ago
  Remember to 'eXtract Ze Files', twirling your moustache while you say that.
  • derFunk 10y ago
    Ist just remembered only "xvzf" 20 years ago, not knowing the meaning of each switch back then.
  • Rapzid 10y ago
    You can actually drop the Z these days in a lot of cases; tar will detect the compression algorithm.
    • nailer 10y ago
      I occasionally log into older GNU, or non-OSX BSD systems where tar can't detect the compression automatically. [1] [1] this isn't true, I just enjoy saying 'extract Ze Files' in a silly accent
• vacri 10y ago
  tar --help # they didn't rule this out :)