> Unpack tar or tgz? Impossible without man first. tar has inbuilt format detection nowadays. Just specify extract (either with an x or --extract). GNU tar has

> Unpack tar or tgz? Impossible without man first. tar has inbuilt format detection nowadays. Just specify extract (either with an x or --extract). GNU tar has supported it since before 2010, and bsdtar from around the same time frame. Debian lagged a bit, but can also do it. tar --extract --file FILE It isn't archaic or hard to remember anymore.