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Just use dtrx (do the right extraction) via `pip install dtrx`. Makes life much easier.
by parennoob 13y ago
Just use dtrx (do the right extraction) via `pip install dtrx`. Makes life much easier.
- voltagex_ 13y agoGNU tar seems to have gained the a switch which will detect the right decompressor. e.g. tar axf linux.tar.gz tar axf linux.tar.bz2 tar axf linux.tar.xz will all work, assuming you have gzip, bzip2 and xz installed.
- deathanatos 13y agoNowadays, `tar -xf foo.tar.gz` (at least in Linux) will auto-detect the gzipping and just do the right thing. I think it uses file extension, so I'd suspect it works for .bz2 and .xz too. (Not sure I'd use this for shell scripts, but for everyday command line it should work.)