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> To disarm the bomb, simply enter a valid tar command on your first try. No Googling. You have ten seconds. $ tar --help Obviously. :)

• scbrg 6y ago
  $ tar --help tar: unknown option -- help usage: tar [-]{crtux}[-befhjklmopqvwzHJOPSXZ014578] [archive] [blocksize] [-C directory] [-T file] [-s replstr] [file ...] $
  • a1369209993 6y ago
    Okay, so your tar is defective[0], and? I can do that too: $ list '#! /bin/sh' 'echo "tar: invalid command" >&2' 'exit 64' >/tmp/tar $ chmod a+x /tmp/tar $ PATH="/tmp:$PATH" $ $ tar -cf a.tar a/ tar: invalid command $ 0: any program that doesn't support --help is defective, which was rather my point.
    • scbrg 6y ago
      > 0: any program that doesn't support --help is defective, which was rather my point. Fair enough. My point was that there's a category of operating systems where long options (including --help) isn't really a thing. You may of course consider them defective, though I'm not sure everybody agrees.
• dev_tty01 6y ago
  $ tar -h Even better. :)