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minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1168/
minus-squareIsoKiero@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoUnfortunately that’s not valid. $ tar -h tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information. From man-page: -h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point to
minus-squaredrkt@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agotar -xvf <archive-name> 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
minus-squarebitchkat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoExtract a tarball with verbose output from the specified file. And learn how to use the ‘z’ option
minus-squarenutcase2690@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoi just use unar (unarchive) nowadays, since that works with all file formats iirc
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1168/
tar - h
Unfortunately that’s not valid.
$ tar -h tar: You must specify one of the '-Acdtrux', '--delete' or '--test-label' options Try 'tar --help' or 'tar --usage' for more information.From man-page:
-h, --dereference follow symlinks; archive and dump the files they point toDamn.
Thanks, we all died.
:)
tar --helptar -xvf <archive-name>
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
Extract a tarball with verbose output from the specified file.
And learn how to use the ‘z’ option
i just use unar (unarchive) nowadays, since that works with all file formats iirc