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[-] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

tar -xvf

but only because I had to look it up twice so now my brain has committed it to memory
I don't even know what it does

[-] nutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

i just use unar (unarchive) nowadays, since that works with all file formats iirc

[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Extract a tarball with verbose output from the specified file.

And learn how to use the 'z' option

[-] jbrains@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

You don't even need the hyphen!

Mind = blown.

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