Was trying to extract a totally legit copy of Skate 3 I downloaded today to play on my Steam Deck
tar --help
tar --help
In the true spirit of UNIX, it’s
tar -h
It’s
tar --help
on my system 💥
I do
tax -xvf filename
tax
Boom.
I like the way you pointed that out lmao
I always remember that it’s eXtract Ze File,
tar -xzf
… But I’ll be honest, I’ve not used it in years and yearstar -czvf tar_name.tar.gz ./
I even read this aloud in my head as “CREATE ZE VUCKING FILE” in a particularly bad German accent same as over 20 years ago when a friend I worked for drilled it in my head.
Read it in tf2 medics voice
tar --extract --file file.tar.gz
Tar -xvf
tar --version
You’re welcome
tar -h
tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.
Just
tar
, no arguments. Does nothing, still a valid command, no?Exit code 2 -> boom
tar -xzvf file.tar
That’s what I had in mind too. Tar’s arguments are really intuitive.
x - eXtract
z - use gZip
v - Verbose
f - File (requires the path as an argument)
tar x
tar --help